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Before this they had prepared an oven; which is a large hole dug in the earthr, filled at the bottom with ftones, about the fize of the fill, over which a fire is made till they are red hot.

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Their feet are generally bare, except when they have occafion to travel over the burnt ftones, when they fecure them with a fort of fandal, made of cords, twifted from the fibres of the cocoa-nut.

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As foon as I quitted the fpot, the natives began to annoy our people with ftones; and I had fcarcely reached

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The earth is not worked deep, and is broken up with a pick-axe: the roots of plants ftrike beneath the ftones, and thus are kept cool and beyond the parching influence of the fun.

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It began at two o'clock in the afternoon; at firft I thought fome one was drawing my chair; all the houfes cracked, many walls were thrown down, many key - ftones of vaults were difplaced, and the water was thrown out of the gutters and wells.

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About this time a ftrong reinforcement from both fhips having landed, the natives retreated behind their walls; which giving me accefs to our friendly priefts, I fent one of them to endeavour to bring their countrymen to fome terms, and to propofe to them, that if they would defifl from throwing ftones, I would not permit our men to

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Item, Three Collars for the three Altars of filk, gamiibed with plate of filver and gilt, and with ftones.

Memorial of the Most reverend father in God Thomas Cranmer,sometime lord archbishop of Canterbury : Wherein the history of the church, and reformation of it, during the primacy of the said archbishop, are greatly illustrated; and many singular matters relating thereunto, now first published (1694.) 1812

Thofe that are piinded to eat the ftones or nuts-roaft them, and then a Am ft ell comes off, which inclofes the nut, and it eats like a chefiiut.

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In the night of the 1 4 - 1 5th we had much thunder; hail-ftones fell of very large dimenfions, and the lightning was fo vivid and frequent as to dazzle the fight.

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What made me doubt of Mr. Born*s accuracy, were fome mill-ftones that were lying in the ftreet, which I at firft look took for granit.

Travels in Hungary, with a short account of Vienna in the year 1793 1797