and when one teaches to another the virtue of an herb he knew not, there is scarce any bound to his liberality in repaying his Instructor; but since Traders frequent those parts, several Indians make use of European Medicines. Every Juggler pretends to have a familiar spirit who pays him frequent visits when his attendance is required, and in emergencies directs by his answers: which are generally as dark and ambiguous as those of the ancient oracles among the heathen, and which may be interpreted many different ways. But this spirit never appears but in the jonglerie a small circular apartment raised a man's height, inclined with raw hides and bound with thongs: into this place the Juggler is thrust sometimes tied neck and heels, and a few minutes after the Tabor and Chichiquoi begin beating and he kicks the Cords that bound him out of the Juggling place, though no person is seen within: the Jonglerie is about

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