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very late at night. We fometimes thought, 

 through fear, that the Indians, who were 

 gone to j^brder fome Eng/i/b, would una- 

 voidably meet with us. Though we rowed 

 very faft, yet we were not able to-day to 

 get half-way back to the place where we 

 firft left the true river. 



The moft odoriferous effluvia fometimes 

 came from the banks of the river, towards 

 night , but we could not determine what 

 flowers diffufed them. However, we fup- 

 pofed they chiefly arofe from the Afclepias 

 Syriaca, and the Apocynum androfczmifo- 

 Hum. 



The Mujk-Rats could likewifebe fmelled 

 at night. They had many holes in the 

 fhores, even with the furface of the water. 



We palled the night in an ifhnd, where 

 we could not fleep on account of the gnats. 

 We did not venture to make a fire, for fear 

 the Indians mould find us out, and kill us. 

 We heard feveral of their dogs barking in 

 the woods, at a great diftance from us, 

 which added to our uneafinefs. 



METEORO- 



