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there is.no time to lofe, faid I, allow me to-give -you! mines 
It has appeared to. me, thatjofren, fince we-begain this ,jours 
ney, we have been preferved by. vifible inflances of God’s 
protection, when we f{hould have loft our lives if we.hada ° 
gone by the rules of.cur ownjudgment only, We-arey,it is: 
true, of diferent religions, but, all worfhip the fame Godi 
Suppole the prefent cafe fhould.be a trial, whether we truft 
really in God’s. protection, or whether we believe our fafe- 
ty owing to our own forefight.and courage... If the man’s” 
life be now taken .away,.to-morrow-we may meet the Bifha- 
reen, and then we fhallall refle@ upon the folly ofour precau 
tion.. For my own part, my conftant creed is, that lam im 
God’s hands, whether in the houfe. or in the defert ;and not 
in thofe of the Bifhareen, or. of. any lawlefs fpoiler.: Lhave 
a clear confcience, and am engaged inno unlawful purfuit; 
feeking on foot my way home, feeding on bread. and water; 
and have done, nor. defign, wrong, to.no man. We are welk 
armed; are nine in number,. and have.twice as many. fires 
locks, many.of thefe with double-barrels, and others of a fize: 
never before, feen by. Arabs, armies. of whom.have been de-- 
feated with fewer: we are ragged.and tattered in our clothes; . 
and no prize to any.one, nor do I think.we fhall be found. 
a party of pleafure for any fet of wild-young men, to leave 
their own homes, with javelins and lances to way-lay us at: 
the well for fport-and diverfion,.fince gain. and profit are out: 
of the queftion.. But this I declare to you, if ever we meet 
thefe Arabs, if the ground-is fuch as has been near all the: 
wells we have come. to, I. will fight the Bifhareen boldly 
and chearfully, without.a doubt of. beating them with eafe. 
I do not fay.my feelings would be the fame if my conf{cience f 
was loaded. with that moft heinous and horrid crime, mur- 
der 
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