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clusters were large ; and the grapes, though 

 small, very sweet, and agreeably flavoured. 

 We often ate them in considerable quantities, 

 and sustained no inconvenience from them. 

 The Indians also eat them very voraciously. 



The chase furnished us with ample and pro 

 fitable amusement. An abundance of deer, 

 large and small, are to be met with all over the 

 country, and geese, ducks, and cranes, on the 

 banks of the rivers. There was such a super 

 fluity of game, that even those among us who 

 had never been sportsmen before, when once 

 they took the gun in their hands, became as 

 eager as the rest. The sailors chased the deer 

 very successfully. 



When it grew dark, we kindled a large fire, 

 that t)ur hunters, some of whom had lost their 

 way, might recover the camp. In the night 

 we were much disturbed by bears, which pur 

 sued the deer quite close to our tents ; and by 

 the clear moonlight we plainly saw a stag 

 spring into the river to escape the bear ; the lat 

 ter, however, jumped after him, and both swam 

 down the stream till they were out of sight. 

 At sunrise, as the wind had fallen a little, 



