informing him of what has paffed fince 

 his laft vifit, and receiving frefli orders 

 for the year to come. At Caftro we had 

 the fame liberty we enjoyed at Chaco, 

 and vifrted every body. It feemed they 

 had forgot all the ceremony ufed upon our 

 iirft landing here, v/hich was with an in- 



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tent to make us believe it was ftrongly 

 fortified ; for now they let us fee plainly 

 chat they had neither fort nor gun. At 

 Chaco they had a little earthen fort, 

 with a {mail ditch palifadoed round it, 

 and a fe\v old honey-combed guns with- 

 out carriages, and which do not defend 



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the harbour in the lead. Whilft we were 

 at Caftro, the old lady (at whofe houfe 

 we lay the firft night upon leaving the 

 fuits college) lent to the governor, and 

 begged I might be allowed to come to 

 her for a few weeks : this was granted ; 

 and accordingly I went 'and paffed about 

 three weeks with her very happily, as 

 {he feemed to be as fond of me as if I 



had 



