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us, and that he might fleep in quiet ; 

 though at the fame time he could not 

 help laughing at the man, as all the peo- 

 ple in the town did. Thefe affurances 

 did not fatisfy the captain : he ufed the 

 utmoft difpatch in difpofmg of his cargo, 

 and put to fea again, not thinking him- 

 felf fafe till he had loft fight of the 

 ifland. It was about three months after 

 us that Mr. Hamilton was brought in, 

 by a party that the governor had fent to 

 the fouthward on purpofe to fetch him. 

 He was in a wretched condition upon his 

 firft arrival, but foon recovered with the 

 good living he found here. 



It is ufual for the governor to make 

 a tour, every year, through the feveral 

 diftrifts belonging to his government: 

 on this occafion he took us with him. 

 The firft place he vifited was Carelmapo, 

 on the main ; and from thence to Caftro. 

 At thefe places, he holds a kind of court ; 

 all the chief caciques meeting him, and 



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