iSo TRAVELS through 



upon a kind of plat-form covered with green 

 fods, which overlooked the river, thinking that 

 place the moil convenient for refting : I fpread 

 the bear's fl^in taken in my pretended govern-: 

 ment, and wrapped niyfelf up in my tent, cover- 

 ing my face with it, becaufe the vapours at night 

 are dangerous in this feafon j this little nicety 

 was near coding very ^ear to me as you 

 fhall fee. 



I had put my fifh at my feet, left it fhould 

 be ilolen -, but it happened wprfe. I had al- 

 ready flept for a whole hour very quietly, for 

 the inhabitants of thefe parts are our allies and 

 friends, when all of a fudden, I found myfelf 

 carried away by an extraordinary force, I awoke 

 immediately, believing fomeone was playing rne 

 a trick •, I afiure you I never was more fright- 

 ened, and I believe that a thing of lefs confe- 

 quence will often have the fame effedi I 

 thought the devil was carrying me off. I called 

 for help, and the people believed that I was 

 dreaming, pr a vifionary j but liovv great was 

 my furprife when I awoke. I faw an alligator 

 (crocodile) of above twenty feet long * , he was 



come 



* }lh flic frightened me, and I was likewiie infeified witis 

 '»!.? bid r-ndl nf mviCti vvlach that animal carrie? with It 



