Mr. WAFER V Voyages, Sec. 291 



table Time no Anfwer was made them, they con- 

 cluded that 'twas becaufe we were in the Houfe, 

 and fo turn'd us out, and went to work again. But 

 ft ill finding no Return, after an Hour or more, 

 they made a new Search in our Apartment ; and 

 finding fome of our Cloaths hanging up in a Basket 

 againft the Wall, they threw 'em out of Doors in 

 great Difdain. Then they fell once more to their 

 Pawawing *, and after a little Time they came out 

 with their Anfwer, but all in a Muck-fweat fo 

 that they firft went down to the River and wafhed 

 themfelves, and then came and delivered the Oracle The An* 

 to us, which was to this Effeft : That the 10th Day JJ^SJl! 

 from that Time there would arrive 2 Ships ; andj w ^ 

 that in the Morning of the 10th Day we fhouldhear 

 firft one Gun, and fometime after that another; 

 that one of us fhould die foon after ; and that go- 

 ing aboard we fhould lofe one of our Guns : All 

 which fell out'exa£tly according to the Prediction. 



For on the 10th Day in the Morning we heard the 

 Guns, firft one, and then another, in that Manner TwoShips 

 that was told us ; and one of our Guns or Fufees arrivd * 

 was loft in going aboard the Ships For we 5, and 

 3 of the Indians went oft to the Ships in a Canoa ; 

 but as we crofs'd the Bar of the River it overfet, 

 where Mr. Gopfon, one of my Conforts, was like 

 to be drowned ; and tho 5 we recovered him out of 

 the Water, yet he loft his Gun according to the Pre- 

 diction. I know not how this happened as to his 

 Gun ; but ours were all lafh'd down to the Side of 

 the Canoa : And in the Weft-Indies we never go in- 

 to a Canoa but a little Matter overfets, but we 

 make faft our Guns to the Sides or Seats: And I 

 fuppofe Mr. Gopfon, who was a very careful and 

 fenfible Man, had lafh'd down his alfo, tho* not 

 faft enough \ 



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