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and walked gravely along, preceded by his two 

 bacchanalians, who being feized with the fame 

 phrenzy in their turn, overthrew every thing they 

 met with in their way. Thefe were fcarce reco- 

 vered from this madnefs or wearied with their part, 

 when another woman fucceeded in their place, en- 

 tered the cabbin,in which were the two jefuits, arm- 

 ed with a mulket, me had juft got by propounding 

 a dream to be explained, and lung the war fong 

 making a thoufand imprecations if me did not 

 make fome prifoners. 



A warrior followed clofe after this Amazon, a 

 bow and arrow in one hand, and in the other a bayo- 

 net. After he had made his throat fore with cry- 

 ing, he fuddenly fell upon a woman who was not 

 in the leaft aware of it, held his bayonet to her 

 throat, feized her by the hair, cut off a handful of 

 it, and fo went off. Next appeared a juggler hold- 

 ing in his hand a ftaff adorned with feathers, by 

 means of which he boafted that he could divine 

 the mo ft fecret and hidden tranfaclions. An In- 

 dian accompanied bearing a vafe filled with I know 

 not what liquor, of which he gave him to drink 

 from time to time ; the quack had no fooner put 

 it to his lips than he thruft it from him again, 

 blowing on his hands and ftaff, and at each, 

 time divining all fuch riddles as were propofed 

 to him. 



Two women came afterwards, giving it to be 

 underftood, that they wanted fomething. One of 

 them immediately fpread on the ground a mattrefs, 

 by which it was divined that fhe wanted fome fl(h> 

 which were accordingly given her. The other car- 

 ried a mattock in her hand, by which they con- 

 ceived me wanted a field to labour, lhe was there- 

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