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The place where Avila’s settlers now were, was about two leagues distant from where Cortes landed. They were greatly surprised at the appearance of Europeans, and more so when they found that it was the general so renowned through all these…

The Cassavi Root, already mention’d, of which the Indians make Bread, is first boiled and squeez’d, then dried, ground and made into Paste and Biscuit; and tho’ this kind of Bread is very wholesome, when it is thus cook’d, yet if eaten before it is…

The Abbe Clavigero says the bee of Yucatan and Chiapa makes "the fine clear honey of Estabentun, of an aromatic flavour, superior to that of all the other kinds of honey with which we are acquainted." (^) The History of Mexico, Vol. I. p. 68. Perhaps…

But as to Wine, their Country affords none; for their Grapes will not ripen kindly in the rainy Season, and the Heats at other Ties make the Liquor sour; and this is the reason, that scarce any Countries between the Tropics afford good Wine.

They have also the Flour of Indian Wheat, or of the Cassavi Root, whith which they sometimes make a kind of Gruel, or else make it into Paste, and bake as hard as a Biscuit; and either the Flour and Bisquit made of it, they have always by them,…

Their principal food is Either Indian Corn, parch’d and ground into Flour, and made into thin Cakes; Fruit, particularly Plantains, Roots, and sometimes Fish, wild Hogs, Deer, or other Venisons.

Their principal food is Either Indian Corn, parch’d and ground into Flour, and made into thin Cakes; Fruit, particularly Plantains, Roots, and sometimes Fish, wild Hogs, Deer, or other Venisons.

Wheaten bread is quite banish'd from those parts, for the inhabitants eat none but cakes made of Maiz or Indian wheat, which is also given to the horses and mules instead of barely: They first wet, and then grind it on a stone as the do cacao. The…

Southward is Toluca rich also for trading, but above all mentioned for the Bacon, which is the best of all those parts, and is transported far and near.

Every thing they eat is high-season’d with Pepper, and Salt too, if they can get it; but, as a Salt is scarce in many Places, they are content with streaking their Meat upon a Lump of Salt, before they put it into their Mouths.

Having taken some refreshment I set out again, and at the end of half league, having pass'd the small village of Taltenango, about a league further, the way very troublesome, came to the top of the mountain of Cornavaca, where stands a village call'd…

Adding some Roots, green Plantains, or their Fruits with a great deal of Pepper, stewing them together seven or eight Hours, and not suffering them to boil; this reduces all the Ingredients to a Pulp or Hotch-potch, and is for their Set-meal at Noon.

I should believe it less of the Indians than any other People, since it is agreed that they lived for the most part on Fruits, Roots and Herbs, and very little in Flesh of any kind.

Great Quantities of her Milk, gathered from many Places; some Butter, and a small Cheese made of it, that never decays nor corrupts; from Mexico in America.

They distill a Spirit of a Plant called Maguey, which is very intoxicating, and so generally drank, that Gemelli tells us, the Excise of it came to eleven thousand Pieces of Eight per annum in Mexico; that the Indians committed such Outrages, when…

Having taken some refreshment I set out again, and at the end of half league, having pass'd the small village of Taltenango, about a league further, the way very troublesome, came to the top of the mountain of Cornavaca, where stands a village call'd…

They go out a hunting and shooting frequently in Companies a Week or Fortnight for Food, every Man carrying with him his Bow and Arrows, or a Gun, if he can procure one, a Spear, a Hatchet, and a long Knife. Each Man also takes a Dog or two with him…

The rest they are put into a Jar till it grows sour; and when they are thirsty, mix a handful of it in a Calabash of Water, which gives it a sharp pleasant taste, then straining it through a large Calabash prick’d full of small Holes to keep out of…

They have a great Variety of Liquors. The readiest and most ordinary Drink is Water, with the Flower of Indian Corn infused in it, and drunk off presently. This Dampier says, the Natives call Posole, and the English Poor Soul, because it just serves…

They have seldom more than one Set-meal, but they eat Plantains and other Fruits, raw or roasted, almost all Day long. They have also the Flour of Indian Wheat, or of the Cassavi Root, whith which they sometimes make a kind of Gruel, or else make it…

Green and half-ripe Plantains they also eat instead of Bread, boiling or roasting them first, as they do also Yams and Potatoes.

Every thing they eat is high-season’d with Pepper, and Salt too, if they can get it; but, as a Salt is scarce in many Places, they are content with stroaking their Meat upon a Lump of Salt, before they put it into their Mouths.

Their principal food is Either Indian Corn, parch’d and ground into Flour, and made into thin Cakes; Fruit, particularly Plantains, Roots, and sometimes Fish, wild Hogs, Deer, or other Venisons.

There is scarce any Flesh, Fish, or Fowl, but what the Natives of Mexico eat either stew’d or barbecued, that is, broil’d over a wood Grate, or upon the Coals; and I don’t perceive they use either Knives, Forks, or Spoons, in eating; buy take up the…

They hang up their Hammocks between the Trees, and have scarce any other Covering, but a Plantain-leaf, only they make a Fire near their Hammocks; they begin their Hunting again at Sun-rise the next Morning; their Game, the Pecary and Warree, are not…

They go out a hunting and shooting frequently in Companies a Week or Fortnight for Food, every Man carrying with him his Bow and Arrows, or a Gun, if he can procure one, a Spear, a Hatchet, and a long Knife. Each Man also takes a Dog or two with him…

Green and half-ripe Plantains they also eat instead of Bread, boiling or roasting them first, as the do also Yams and Potatoes.

The Cassavi Root, already mention’d, of which the Indians make Bread, is first boiled and squeez’d, then dried, ground and made into Paste and Biscuit; and tho’ this kind of Bread is very wholesome, when it is thus cook’d, yet if eaten before it is…

Wheaten bread is quite banish'd from those parts, for the inhabitants eat none but cakes made of Maiz or Indian wheat, which is also given to the horses and mules instead of barely: They first wet, and then grind it on a stone as the do cacao. The…

But what doth make the Valley of Guaxaca to be mentioned far and near, are the good horses which are bred in it, and esteemed to be the best of all the Country. In this Valley also are some farms of Sugar, and great store of fruits, which two sorts…

Wheaten bread is quite banish'd from those parts, for the inhabitants eat none but cakes made of Maiz or Indian wheat, which is also given to the horses and mules instead of barely: They first wet, and then grind it on a stone as the do cacao. The…

What they intend to preserve, they dry upon a wooden Grate (which is call’d Barbecue) making Fire of Wood-coals under it; this they renew for three or four Days, or a Week, till the Meat is as dry as a Chip, and the Pieces will keep a great while.…

The Men, it seems, drink to one another at Meals, as the Europeans do; but never to the Women; The Women always stand by, and ain’t upon their Husbands, while they are eating and drinking, serving them with Liquor; and, even when they are at home,…

If the celebrated author of the Recherches Philosophiques sur les Americans be still living, this account of our poisonous and injurious honey (should my memoir fall into his hands) would afford him some entertainment. […] in America there is as good…

As to Bees, they have several sorts, which make their nests in trees, or in Holes of the Rocks; from whence the Natives get a great deal of Honey, with which they make some of their strongest Liquors. Wafer doubts, whether some of these Bees have…

As their Pine-apples are one of the most delicious Fruits of America, an Infusion of these is one of their beloved Liquors; and indeed they make Drink of all manner of Fruits almost, as well as Grain, adding Honey to them at their Entertainments.

one sort taken out of the Canes of Maiz, which is the Indian Wheat; another sort out of Sugar-Canes. They have also certain Trees, which furnish them with that sort of Honey of which they make their Wine or Metheglin.

Nothing is more universally drank in the City of Mexico itself, and una such Towns as are under the Dominion of the Spaniards, than Chocolate. Gemelli informs us, that to every Pound of the Cocoa-nut the Europeans add a Pound of Sugar, and an Ounce…

On coupe par petits morceaux quatre onces de gousses de la meilleure vanille de Mexique , que l´on jette dans un mortier de fonte avec un demi-gros d´ambre gris; & une once de sucre blanc;

La résine élémi jaunâtre, ou d´un blanc qui tire un peu sur le verd, est une résine pure qui découle d´une espéce d´olivier sauvage, qu´on nous apporte du Mexique , en pains de deux ou trois livres, & enveloppés dans des feuilles de cane…

Pour la composition de cet élixir de canelle , de l´invention de M. Dubuisson, il faut choisir huit onces de canelle, & deux onces de gousses de vanille du Mexique .

Great Quantities of her [the blessed Virgin's] Milk, gathered from many Places; some Butter, and a small Cheese made of it, that never decays nor corrupts; from Mexico in America.

I do not recollect one Relick, the Original of which, at least, has not been actually venerated, and almost worshiped, these several hundred Years, by this blind and deluded People, except that one of the Cheese and Butter made of the Virgin’s Milk,…

Hog’s lard is here substituted for butter.

Their Provisions were Maize or Indian Corn, several Sorts of Roots, and Cocoa Nuts, of which Chocolate is made.

Captain Swan did not think it convenient to go to the Mines, but made haste aboard with the Maiz which he tooke there, to the quantity of about 30 or 90 Bushels; and which to us, in the scarcity we were in of the Provisions, as at the time more…

[…] they were constrained to take their route through pathless deserts, which afforded for their nourishment only wild seeds, roots, and the green stems of Indian corn.

Their principal food is Either Indian Corn, parch’d and ground into Flour, and made into thin Cakes; Fruit, particularly Plantains, Roots, and sometimes Fish, wild Hogs, Deer, or other Venisons.

Against an Entertainment, they frequently steep twenty or thirty Baskets of Indian Corn, and after the Water is impregnated, the Women chew more of the same Corn and spit into it, which ferments and works the Liquor like Yeast; and when it has done…

Wheaten bread is quite banish'd from those parts, for the inhabitants eat none but cakes made of Maiz or Indian wheat, which is also given to the horses and mules instead of barely: They first wet, and then grind it on a stone as the do cacao. The…
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