to the Gold Mine/, Sec* 



as a Man can do to ftand on his Legs. 

 Some of the Men tumbled, and loft their 

 Arms and Ammunition, and almoft them- 

 felves, each having with him a Gun, Piftol 

 and Cartouch Box, with thirty Cartridges 

 befides fpare Shot, Powder and Provifions, 

 burthen enough for a City Porter, confider- 

 ing the way .• We kept marching that Night 

 till it was quite dark* and then we cut Wood 

 and built our felves Huts to ftielter us from 

 the Weather 5 at break of Day, on the 

 twentieth, we fet forward to the Town, 

 after the reft of our Men, who had land- 

 ed the Day before $ and about ten a Clock 

 we came to the Place of Rendezvous, where 

 all our Men met together and lodged their 

 Arms, only Captain Plowman and Captain 

 Pilkington were order'd to IHy with the 

 Sloops $ at the fame time fhve was Pro* 

 vifion brought us for all the People, as Hogs 

 Pickery's, Fowls, &c. a Pickery is a Crea- 

 ture like a Hog, and as fweet Meat. On 

 the twenty firft at three in the After- 

 noon, Orders were given to march, which 

 we all did, down the fame River we came 

 up, but did not go above a quarter of a 

 Mile before we mounted one of their Moun* 

 tains 5 the Path was fo narrow, that but 

 one Man could march, and almoft Perpen- 

 dicular 5 fo that we were forced to hawl 

 our felves up by twigs of Trees 5 it was a~ 

 bove a Mile and a half high, and not twen- 



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