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Woods is not only extremely difficult, but 

 hazardous ; not from any aflfaults you 

 are likely to meet with from wild 

 beafts ; for even* thefe could hardly find 

 convenient harbour here > but from the 

 deep fwamp, which is the reigning foil 

 of this country, and in which the woods 

 may be faid rather to float than grow; 

 fo that, except upon a range of deformed 

 broken rocks which 'form the fea-coaft, 

 the traveller cannot find found footing 

 any where. With this unproiniling 

 fcene before us we were now fettinq; out 



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in fearch of food, which nothing but the 

 mod preffing inflances of hunger could 

 induce us to do : we had, indeed, the 

 young Indian fcrvant to cur cacique for 

 our conductor, who was left by him to 

 fhew us where the fliell-fifli was moil 

 plenty. The cacique was gone with the 

 reft of his family, in the canoe, with a 

 view of getting fome fcal, upon a trip 



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