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them before fat turkeys. Some of tlie turkeys 

 which we eat whilst we staied there, I believe 

 weighed no less than forty pounds. 



The land we passsed over this day was most of 

 it good, and the worst passable. At night we kill- 

 ed a possum, being cloy'd with turkey, made a 

 dish of that, which tasted much between young 

 pork and veal ; their fat being as white as any I 

 ever saw. 



Our Indian having this day killed good store of 

 provisions with his gun, he always shot with a sin- 

 gle ball, missing but two shoots in about forty ; 

 they being curious artists in managing a gun to 

 make it carry either ball or shot, true. "When 

 they have bought a piece, and find it to shoot anj 

 ways crooked, they take the barrel out of the 

 stock, cutting a notch in a tree) wherein they set 

 it straight, sometimes shooting away above one 

 hundred loads of ammunition, before they bring the 

 gun to shoot according to their mind. We took 

 up our quarters by a fish pond side ; the pits in 

 the woods that stand full of water naturally breed 

 fish in them, in great quantities. We cooked our 

 supper, but having neither bread or salt, our fat 

 turkeys began to be loathsome to us, although we 

 were never wanting of a good appetite, 3^ct a con- 

 tinuance of one diet made us weary. 



The next morning Santee Jack told us we 

 should reach the Indian settlement betimes that 

 day. About noon we j)assed by several fair Sa- 

 vannas, very rich and dry ; seeing great copses of 



