other Legs, and another Wings, &c. And it
was bestowed on them. Then came the White men, the God asked them,
what they came for? And they said, they desired Beauty and Valour
and Riches. It was granted them. At last came the Chingulays, the
God required of them, what they came for. They answered, Nicamava,
I come for nothing. Then replyed he again, do you come for nothing,
then go away with nothing. And so they for their complement fared
worse than all the rest.

When one proffers something as a gift to another, altho it be a
thing that he is willing to have, and would be glad to receive,
yet he will say, E eppa queinda, No, I thank you; how can I be so
chargeable to you? And in the same time while the words are in his
mouth, he reacheth forth his hand to receive it.

[Full of words and complement.] Neither are they free or forward
to requite them, from whom they have received a gift or good turn,
otherwise than with words and windy protestations; the which shall
not be wanting. But forwards they are to receive, yet very backward
to part with any thing. And if one neighbour asketh ought of another,
or to borrow any thing, which the other is unwilling either to give or
lend, they never will plainly deny by saying, I cannot or will not;
but with dissembling they will excuse themselves, saying, They have
it not, or is it lent abroad already, altho it be with them in the
house at the same time.

[By whom they swear.] Their usual manner of swearing in protestations,
is by their Mother, or by their Children, or by their two Eyes,
oftner than by their Gods. But their protestations be they never so
deep, and seem they never so serious, they are not to be regarded,
as proceeding more from custom than truth.

[Their Railery] Some of their words of Reproach, or Railery are such
as these. One brother will say to another, and that in presence of
their Mother, Tomotowoy, go lye with your Mother, the other replyes go
you and lye with your Mother. And the Mother will say to the Daughter,
Jopi oppota audewind, go lye with your Father; intimating she is good
for nothing. They will commend their Children, when they can use their
tongues in their own defence by scolding and say, Hoerri, oppana, Well
said, valiantly spoken. They will say also in reproach, Creep between
my legs, cut your Nose off. If you have five hundred lives, you shall
be damned. The worst railery they can give a woman is to tell her,
she has laid with ten sorts of i