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which our Slaves ran away from us, and among 

 them a Negro whom the Company had allow'd 

 me for my particular Attendant, to carry my Me- 

 dicines. He took them away with him, together 

 with the reft of my Things, and thereby left me 

 depriv'd of wherewithal to dre.fs my Sore i info- 

 much that my Pain increafing upon me, and beiiig 

 not able to trudge it further through Rivers and 

 Woods, I took leave of my Company, and fet up 

 my Reft among the Darien Indians. 



This was on the ioth Day ; and there ftaid with 



K.Gopfon. me Mr. Richard Go pfon y who had ferved an Ap- 

 prenticefhip to a Druggift in London. He was an 

 ingenious Man, and a good Scholar ; he had with 

 him a Greek Teftament which he frequently read, 

 and would tranflate extempore into Englifh to fuch of 

 the Company as were difpos'd to hear him. Ano- 



jMing- ther who ftaid behind wkh me was John Hingfon Ma- 



[on. riner: They were both fo fatigued with the Jour- 

 ney, that they could go no further. There had 

 been an Order made among us at our firft Landing 



I to kill any who fhould flag in the Journey ; But 



this was made only to terrify any from loitering, 

 and being taken by the Spaniards ; who by Tortures 

 might extort from them a Difcovery of our March. 

 But this rigorous Order was not executed ; but the 

 Company took a very kind Leave both of thefe, 

 and of me. Before this we had loft the Company of 

 2 more of our Men, Robert Spratlin and Willi- 

 am Bowman, who parted with us at the River Con- 

 go, the Day after my being fcorch'd with Gun-pow- 

 der. The PafTage of that River was very deep, 

 and the Stream violent ; by which Means I was born 

 down the Current, for feveral Paces, to an Eddy in 

 the bending of the River. Yet I got over ; but 

 thefe two being the hindmoft, and feeing with what 

 Difficulty I crofs'd the River, which was ftill rifing, 

 they were difcourag'd from attempting it, and chofe 



rather ' 



