The Dedication. 



and in a very inconfiderable fpace of 

 time , according to the Particular 

 Relation given of that Expedition, 

 inferted by Mr. Davis at the end 

 of this Book. 



Tis true, my Lord, they had a 

 pretty uneafie Pailage through thofe 

 Rivers , Woods and Mountains in 

 the By-ways, by which the fhiall- 

 nefs of their Number oblig'd them 

 to march, the better to prevent a 

 Difcovery. But if their Forces had 

 been more confiderable, they would 

 have lain under no Neceflity of ta- 

 king fuch tronblefome Precautions ; 

 and thereby would have avoided the 

 manifold Toils and Fatigues to which 

 they happen'd to be expos'd. 



The High-Poft of Honour your 

 GRACE now enjoys, and whereto 

 your Merits do fo juftly entitle you, 

 has given me the boldnefs to flicker 

 this iliiall Work under your GRACE's 

 Name ; believing it Natural for your 

 GRACE to make a right Judgment, 



whether 



