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pass of a quarter an acre of land, being very even, 

 there growing upon it in some places a small red 

 berry, like a salmon spawn, there boiling out of 

 the main rock curious springs of as delicious wa- 

 ter as ever I drank in any parts I ever traveled 

 in. 



These parts likewise affords good free stone, fit 

 for building, and of several sorts. The land here 

 is pleasantly seated, with pretty little hills and 

 valleys, the rising sun at once showing his glori- 

 ous reflecting rays on a great many of these little 

 mountains. We went this day about twenty 

 miles, our guide walking like a horse, 'till we had 

 saddled him with a good heavy pack of some part 

 of our clothes and bedding by which means we 

 kept pace with him. 



This night we lay by a run side, where I found 

 a fine yellow earth, the same with Bruxel's sand, 

 which goldsmiths use to cast withal, giving a good 

 price in England and other parts ; here is like- 

 wise the true blood stone and considerable quanti- 

 ties of fuller's earth, which I took a proof of by 

 scouring great spots out of woolen, and it proved 

 very good. 



As we were on our road this morning our In- 

 dian shot a tiger that crossed the way, he being a 

 great distance from us, I believe he did him no 

 harm, because he sat on his breech afterwards, 

 and looked upon us. I suppose he expected to 

 have had a spaniel bitch that I had with me, for 

 his breakfast, who ran towards him, but in the 



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