Mr. WAFERS Voyages, &c 



was at hand : This cheared my drooping Spirits ; 

 and in lefs than half an Hour the Day began to 

 dawn, the Rain and Lightning ceafed, and the Wa- 

 fers abated, infomuch that by that time the Sun was 

 up, the Water was gone off from my Tree. 



Then I ventured out of my cold Lodging ; but 

 being it iff and the Ground flippery, I could fcarce 

 fland : Yet I made a fhift to ramble to the Place 

 where we had made 'our Fire, but found no Body 

 there. Then I call'd out aloud, but was anfwer'd 

 only with my own Eccho ; which ftruck fuch Terror 

 into me, that I fell down as dead, being opprefs'd 

 both with Grief and Hunger y this being the 7th 

 Day" of our Faft 3 favc only the M^^-berries be- 

 fore related. ♦ 



Being in this Condition, defpairing of Comfort 

 for want of my Conforts, I lay fometime on the wet 

 Ground, till at laft I heard a Voice hard by me 

 which in fome fort revived me ; but efpecially when 

 I faw Mr, Ringfon one of my Companions, and the 

 reft found us prefently after \ having all fav'd them- 

 1 elves by climbing fmall Trees. We greeted each 

 other with Tears in our Eyes, and returned Thanks 

 to God for our deliverance. 



The firft thing we did in the Morning was to look 

 after our Bark-logs or Rafts which we had left tied 

 to a Tree, in order to profecute our Voyage down 

 the River; but coming to the Place where we left 

 thepi, we found them funk and full of Water, 

 which had got into the hollow of the Samboes, con- 

 trary to our Expectation for we thought they 

 would npt have admitted fo much as Air, but have 

 been like large Bladders full blown: But it feems 

 there were Cracks in them which we did not per- 

 ceive, and perhaps made in them by our Carelefnefs 

 in working them ; for the Veffels made of thefe 

 hollow Samboes are. wont to hold Water very 

 well. 



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