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selves within the hunter’s reach. The guns we have seen 
among them are of Portuguese or French manufacture, and 
of a great length ; each has usually several fetiches fastened 
to it, to prevent it from doing the owner any injury. 
Aug.17. In the morning we prepared for our return to the 
boats, when Mr. 'Tudor, being too ill to move, was obliged 
to be carried in a litter made of one of the black men’s 
blankets ; the other invalids, exceeding half the party, were 
sent forward with him under charge of Mr. Hodder, while 
I went to take leave of the Chenoo. Having performed this 
ceremony, and given him two fathoms of bafts, I quitted 
Cooloo, came up with the invalids in a short time, and 
reached the boats at noon, when a tent was immediately 
pitched on shore for Mr. 'Tudor, who was now in a most vio- 
lent fever. The complaints of the other men were confined 
to fatigue and blistered feet. 
During this excursion we seldom met with water to fill 
our canteens (that of the river excepted), more than once a 
day, and the springs were generally very small. The only 
provisions we could procure were a few fowls and eggs, 
some cassada root, green plantains, and beans ; but all in 
quantities totally insufficient to supply the daily expendi- 
ture of 20 men. We did not see a single sheep or goat, and 
not above two or three pigs. Palm wine, which we found 
