i 4 i Mr. W A F Ep D^twit 



where there is no fign a* p a th, and are of- 

 ten forced to turn afide ^et will keep^heir 

 , way pretty dired for feve\j Days together | 

 clearing their way throug\Thickets with 

 their Macheats, efpe'cialiy if V hollow Bam- 

 boes } for there is no getting trough with- 

 out it; They fwim over River^ Men Wo- 

 men and Children , without felling Trees, 

 as we did there. But down the River they 

 ufe either their Canoas, or Bark-Logs made 

 of Light- wood, 

 shewing When any enquire the Way of theqi, a$ ; 

 the way yve had feveral times occafion to dp in paf- 

 ^ d signs! e ^ n S an< ^ re P a flhig the Ifthwus^ their ufuaf 

 y Method of informing them as to the Bearing 

 of Place they enquire after , is by pointing 

 towards it 5 and as ; to the Tinie in which 

 they may hope to to arrive there, by point- 

 ing to fome part of the Arc the Sun defcribes 

 in their Hemifphere : For according as they 

 point higher or lower, either to the Eaft or 

 Weft of the Meridian , they fuggeft the 

 time of the Day, Morning or Afternoon, iri 

 which you may hope to arrive at tlie Ri- 

 ver, Plantations, or whatever 'tis you en- 

 quire after. So the middle diftanee betweerr 

 the Eaftern Limb of the Horizon , and the 

 Meridian, fignifies nine a Clock in the Morn- 

 ing 5 4 ths of the South- weft Arc of the Suns 

 Diurnal Courfe denotes four in the After- 

 noon, &c If the Time they would ihti- 

 tote be not of Hours but Days, they turn 



