- E.
[5] Though not expressed in the text, these were probably the manico root,
of which the cassada bread is made. - E
[6] It is singular that the author should not have endeavoured to account
for the origin of these iron hatchets; probably procured in the
plundering excursions of these Carib natives of Guadaloupe from
Hispaniola. - E.
[7] This surely means no more than that their rude looms were upright or
perpendicular. - E.
[8] The probable use of these swaths may have been to defend the legs in
forcing their way through the thorny brakes of the forests. - E.
[9] The author seems to have forgotten that he had only a little before
mentioned this very woman as the wife of a caceque. The absurd notion
of these women being Amazons probably proceeded from the Spaniards not
understanding the language of these islanders, who appear to have been
Caribs. The truth seems to have been that during the long absences of
their husbands in piratical and plundering excursions to the other
islands, these Carib women were driven to the necessity of providing
for their own defence. - E.
[10] There must be some inaccuracy in this place. Columbus had evidently
supposed himself farther west when he altered his course than he
really was, for the Caribbee islands were not upon the north, and
never could be in the latitude of 7 deg.; as he fell in with Trinidada he
must only have altered his course to the N.W. or the north of west.
Had he continued in a west course in 7 deg.
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[4] In this paragraph, marked 20 - 24. the substance of five prolix
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