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Excerpt from The Critical Review, or Annals of Literature, 1760, Vol. 10
The men are both (tout and warlike, very (paring and mo derate in their diet; by which, and their confiant labour and cxercife, they live to a great age, even above 100 or 1 10 moit commonly; but they are extremely jealous and mifirul'tful, vin dictive, and treacherous, and for a flight injury or affront, foch as calling one rogue, or, which is worft ofall, cuckold, will frequently afiinate one another. Authors fay, that, upon the arrival of the order in their ifland, great numbers of the better fort came to meet the grand matier Villiers, upon his landing, who wore long and bulby beards, and a kind of petti eoat about their middle, which came down below the calf of the. Leg, and being wrought and fiitched with cotton, would defend them from the {hot of an arrow.' In contracts of marriage Ono writings are ufed, but vows are pledged by the exchange of handkerchiefs, or fome trifles, be tween. The lovers after which they cohabit for fome time, and then the bridegroom leads his bride round the fireets, or lanes, of the village, to convince her of his politenefs and confidence in her virtue. All this is allowed previous to the marriage-cere mony, and by way of trial. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
