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" are," faid he to us, " the beft Navigators of all 

 *' the G^ls. They will furniOi you with the 

 ** means of returning into your own Country, for 

 *^ their veffels traffick up the Mediterranean. They 

 *' are, befides, a People of fingular goodnefs. As 

 ** for you, O my Friends ! your names ihall be 

 *' ever held in honour, all over the Gauls. Cephas 

 ** and Jtnafts lliall be the burden of my fongs^ and 

 ** fo long as I live, their names (hall frequently re- 

 ** found along thefe Ihores." 



We accordingly took leave of this good King, 

 and of Omjî, my deliverer. They accompanied us 

 to the brink of the Seine, diffolved into tears, a$ 

 we ourfelves likewife were. As we pafled through' 

 the city, crowds of People followed us, exhibiting 

 the tendered marks of afFedion. The women car- 

 ried their infants aloft in their arms, and upon their 

 flioulders, difplaying to us, with tears in their eyes, 

 the linen garments in which they were clothed. 

 We bid adieu to King Bardiis and Omfi, who could 

 hardly fummon up fufficient refolution to meet the 

 moment of feparation. We perceived them, for a 

 long time, on the moft elevated pinnacle of the 

 city, waving their hands in token of faying fareweU 



Scarcely had we put off from the illand, when 

 the friends of Torjian crowded into boats innume- 

 rable, and rufliejd gut to attack us, with tremen- 



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