OF LA PEROUSE. ^^ 



they throw it with fufiicicnt force to pierce 

 the animal through and through. 



We at length fct off with our new guides, 

 whole progrcfs was fo flow that we could edfily 

 follow them. It fcems that they are not ac- 

 cuflomed to make a long excurlion without 

 halting; for fcarcely had we walked half an 

 hour before they afl;ed us to fit down, faying to 

 us, Medi: we immediately flopped. This halt 

 lafted only a few minutes; after which they 

 rofc, calling out to us, Tangara^ which lignifies, 

 het us go on. We immediately refumed our route. 

 They again prevailed on us to make, in the 

 fame manner, four other flops, at diftances 

 nearly equal. 



The attentions which thcfe favan;cs laviflied 

 on us, aftoniflicd us prodigioufly. Was our 

 way encumbered by heaps of dry branches, 

 fom.e of them walked before us, and placed 

 them on the edges of the path: they even broke 

 off thofe which, being frill attached to the 

 fallen trees, obllrucled the road that we were 

 following;. 



We could not walk on the dry grafs without 

 flipping e\ cry moment, efpecially in the flopir.g 

 places ; but thcfe good fivages, to hinder us 

 from falling, fupported us, by taking hold of 

 our arm. It was to no purpofe that we per- 

 fuadcd them that none of us would fall, even 

 D 2 although 



