with Water, and presently drink it off without straining.In long Journeys they prefer this Drink before Posole.They feed abundance of Turkies, Ducks and Dung|hill Fowls, of which the Padre has an exact Ac|count; and is very strict in gathering his Tithe: and they dare not kill any except they have his Leave for it.They plant Cotton also for their Cloathing. The Men wear only a short Jacket and Breeches. These with a Palmeto-Leaf Hat is their Sundays Dress; for they have neither Stockings nor Shoes; neither do they wear these Jackets on Week Days. The Women have a Cotton-Petticoat, and a large Frock down to their Knees; the Sleeves to their Wrists, but not gathered. The Bosom is open to the Breast, and Imbroidered with black or red Silk, or Grogram Yarn, two Inches broad on each side the Breast, and clear round the Neck. In this Garb, with their Hair ty'd up in a Knot behind, they think themselves extream fine.The Men are obliged by the Padres (as I have been inform'd) to Marry when they are Fourteen Years old, and the Women when Twelve: And if that Age they are not provided, the Priest will chuse a Virgin for the Man (or a Man for the Vir|gin) of Equal Birth and Fortune; and joyn them to|gether.The Spaniards give several Reasons for this Im|position, viz. That it preserves them from De|baucher, and makes them Industrious.—That it brings them to pay Taxes, both to the King and Church; for as soon as they are Married they pay to both.—And that it keeps them from ram|bling out of their own Parish, and settling in another, which would by so much lessen the Pa|dres 0