of John Cockbum, &c. 47 

 over it with fome Difficulty, on Trees which 

 lay acrofs the River, which, we fuppofed, 

 were wafhed down the Sides of the Moun- 

 tains by the great Rains. We left the Ri- 

 ver, and paffed through a Grove of Batn- 

 boes and Cane ; and on one Side of the 

 Grove, on a tall Stalk, grew a beautiful 

 Flower, fomewhat refembling the Glory of 

 the Sun. About Noon we came to a Savan- 

 nah, where we fat down and retted our- 

 felves, the Sun being fo extreamly hot, that 

 we could not travel above five Leagues a 

 Day. In the Evening we came to the Side 

 of the River again, where we faw the 

 Tracks of Mens Feet, but could not dis- 

 cover which Way they were gone. We 

 agreed to crofs it again in Queft of *cm 7 

 and on our landing on the other Side, as 

 we thought, we found two Paths, one lead- 

 ing up the River, and the other down. We 

 chofe that which led down ; but, after a 

 Walk of about two or three Miles, found 

 ourfelves upon a narrow Slip of Landj with 

 the River running on both Sides of us with 

 great Rapidity 5 by which, we perceived, 

 that inftead of croffing it, as we had imagined^ 

 we were only got upon an Ifland in the Mid- 

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