OF THEIR SOBER SUPPER AND FRUGALITY
NOT addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense
in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of
their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the
care of their horses and furniture. Accustomed to fast from morning till
evening, and trusting to the care of Providence, they dedicate the whole
day to business, and in the evening partake of a moderate meal; and even
if they have none, or only a very scanty one, they patiently wait till
the next evening; and, neither deterred by cold nor hunger, they employ
the dark and stormy nights in watching the hostile motions of their
enemies.