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croffed themfelves with them, and after- 

 wards kiffed them ; then gave them to 

 me, faying at the fame time, they fup- 



pofed fuch a heretic as I was would re- 

 fufe to kifs them. They were rip-ht in 



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their conjectures : I returned them to the 

 Indian without going through that cere- 

 mony. At that very inftant, there hap- 

 pened a violent fliock of an earthquake, 

 which they imputed intirely to the anger 

 of the faints ; and all quitted the houfe 

 as faft as they could, left it fhould fall 

 upon their heads. For my parr, I made 

 the beft of my way home for fear of be- 

 ing knocked on the head, when out of the 

 houfe, by the rabble, who looked on me 

 as the caufe of all this mifchief, and did 

 not return to that houfe again till I 

 thought this affair was forgotten. 



Here is a very good harbour ; but the 

 entrance is very dangerous for thofe who 

 are unacquainted with it, as the tides 

 are fo extremely rapid, and there are 



funken 



