great freshets which lay waste tlieir lands ; so that what many say may be true, that Hudson's Bay runs through to the South sea, and is navigable, except when obstructed by the ice to the nortliward. It were desirable that it were once proved. Those who made the last voyage are of the same opinion, as they found all open sea, a rapid current and whales.

They live in summer mostly on fish. The men repair to the

river and catch a great quantity in a short time, as it

The food of is full and furnishes various sorts. The arrows they

tlie Virginians

in sunnner. usc arc polutcd wlth llttlc boucs, iron or copper, with which they are very expert, being good marksmen. They can catch deer, fawns, hares and foxes and all such. The country is full of game ; hogs, bears, leopards, yea lions, as appears by the skins wliich were brought on board. Oxen and liorses there are none. In tlie woods are found all sorts of fruits ; plums, wild cherries, pears ; yea, fruits in great profusion. Tobacco the^co'^^ntry. Is planted in abundance, but much better grows wild in Brazil ; it is called Virginian. Vines grow wild there ; were there vintagers and were they acquainted with tlie press, good wine could be brought hither in great quantity, and even Jis Must, tlie voyage thence being often made in thirty days.

Their trade consists mostly in peltries, which they measure The trade of ^^ ^^^*^ hand or by the finger. It happened that a wo- LUe Virgin- luau who had seen a skipper's lace shirt, fell sick : finding she should die, she gave her husband three fine peltry skins to present to the skipper for the shirt, which he willingly gave her, for she wished to be buried in it ; tliey outstrip the Christians in the sumptuousness of their burials.