We were in all forty-eight, of which eighteen only were English; the
rest were Cimaroons, which beside their arms, bare every one of them, a
great quantity of victuals and provision, supplying our want of carriage
in so long a march, so that we were not troubled with anything but
our furniture. And because they could not carry enough to suffice us
altogether; therefore (as they promised before) so by the way with their
arrows, they provided for us competent store from time to time.
They have every one of them two sorts of arrows: the one to defend
himself and offend the enemy, the other to kill his victuals. These for
fight are somewhat like the Scottish arrow; only somewhat longer, and
headed with iron, wood, or fish bones. But the arrows for provision are
of three sorts, the first serveth to kill any great beast near at hand,
as ox, stag, or wild boar: this hath a head of iron of a pound and a
half weight, shaped in form like the head of a javelin or boar-spear,
as sharp as any knife, making so large and deep a wound as can hardly
be believed of him that hath not seen it. The second serveth for lesser
beasts, and hath a head of three-quarters of a pound: this he most
usually shooteth.
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