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we immediately perceived it to be warm, tho- 

 rough thick Shoes that we had bought on purpofe 

 for this expedition. A Negro-man was ftrangely 

 frighted, and altered his black colour to yellow- 

 ifh at firft fight of them ^ we could not difluade 

 him from believing that Jumbee (that is to fay 

 the Devil) had his refidence underneath them. 

 We ftood above two yards off from them. 



27. Some of our company went confiderably 

 farther up the Hill, where they difcovered no- 

 thing new, but only found a continuation of this 

 fulphurous Earth, with large quantities here and 

 there of pure Brimflone, fome of which they 

 brought away, not only as a fpecimen to (how 

 their Neighbours (very few of whom were at 

 fo much pains to undergo for Curiofity's fake 

 this fatiguing Journey,) but hkewife for real ufe. 

 The reft of us defcended back to the Plain, oa 

 the fouth fide whereof was a Pond about forty 

 yards over, and knee deep, that had no Springs, 

 but is plentifully fupplied by the Rains, which 

 in that warm Latitude fall fo heavily that no 

 body ftirs out of doors in them, unlefs compelled 

 to it by unavoidable neceflity. As I was dirty all 

 over from head to foot by fcramblingupanddown 

 fo many Precipices, I walked into and fate down 

 in it, on purpofe to wa(h myfelf clean, which I 

 foon did : Upon cutting up a piece of Clay from 

 the bottom that confifted entirely of it, I found 



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