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40 foot wide, and very deep. Here we found 

 a Tree fallen crofs the River, and fo we be- 

 lieved our Men had paft that way 3 therefore 

 here we fat down, and confulted what courfe 

 we (hould take. 



And having debated the Matter, it was They arc 

 concluded upon to crofs the River, and feek^ lId " 

 the Path in which they had travelled : For 

 this River running fomewhat Northward in 

 this place we perfwaded our felves we were 

 paft the main Ridge of Land that divided 

 the North-part of the Ifthmus from the South 5 

 and confequently that we were not very far 

 from the North Sea. Befides,we did not confi- 

 der that the great Rains were the only caufe of 

 the fudden rifing and falling of the River ^ 

 but thought the Tide ixrght contribute tc* 

 it, and that we were not very far from tha 

 Sea. We went therefore over the River by 

 the help of the Tree : But the Rain had 

 made it fo flipery, that 'twas with great dif- 

 ficulty that we could get over it aftride, for 

 there was no walking 1 on it : And tho' four 

 of us got pretty well over, yet Bowman, whQ Bwmn 

 was the laft flipt,off, and the ftream hurried j^JJi? 

 him out of fight in a Moment, fo that we 

 concluded he was drown d. To add to our 

 Affii&ion for the lofs of our Confort, we 

 fought about for a Path, but found none 5 

 for the late Flood had filfd all the Land with 

 Mud and Oaze, and therefore fince we could 

 not find a Path, we returned again, and paf- 

 fed over the River on the fame Tree by 



which 



