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What was pleafant is, that we were determined 

 to take this resolution by the arrival of the pirogue, 

 in which there were only Four or five men, when 

 we were parly ing with the Indians: we certainly 

 ran a great rifque in delivering ourfelves into their 

 hands without arms, and we were afterwards fen- 

 fible of it: four or five men more could not have 

 made them alter their defigns, fuppofing they had 

 been bad towards us; and I never reflect on the 

 confidence which fo (lender a reinforcement in- 

 fpired us with, but it brings into my mind, thofe 

 perfons who are afraid to be by themfelves in the 

 dark, but are at once encouraged by the prefence 

 of a child,, by its diverting their imagination, 

 which is the only caufe of their fear. 



We were no fooner landed on the ifland, than 

 little fatisfied as we were with refpeft to the Indi- 

 ans, we alfo fell into a diftruft of our officers. 

 The captain of the Adour had attended us thus 

 far, but as foon as he had fet us on fhore, he took 

 leave of us, faying that he was obliged to return 

 on board, where he had {till a great many things 

 to do, and that he would immediately fend us 

 whatever we flood in need of, efpecially arms. 

 There was nothing in this but what was rcafonable, 

 and we eafily conceived that his prefence might be 

 neceffary aboard the velfel; but we reflected that 

 he had only taken the paffengers out of her, and 

 that upon his return, the whole crew would be all 

 together on board. 



This made us fufpect that the boat of which I 

 have fpoken, was only a lure to amufe us, and that 

 they had put us afhore, as being an encumbrance 

 to them, in order to be able to make ufe of the 

 Ihalop and canoe, to tranfport themfelves to the 

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