of John Cockburn, &c. 



If is common for thefe Creatures to take 

 into ftill Waters, tho' they fo much dread 

 the Raging of the Sea, that when it beats 

 with any Violence againfl the Shore, they 

 will not come near upon any Account. We 

 had but a very indifferent Night of it here ; 

 for we had fuch prodigious Rowlings and 

 Noifes of wild Beafts, that we expected to 

 have been devoured before Morning. 



Soon as the Day broke, we got off this 

 Ifland to the Main, and went on by the Side 

 of a Mountain, till we met with a Range; 

 in which we found a Mallata Man, and 

 fome Indians, ftripping Tobacco, of whom 

 we enquired the Way to Gracias a Dios. 

 The Mallata brought us Hides to fit on ; and 

 after fome Difcourfe concerning our Misfor- 

 tunes, I told him our Defign was to go to 

 fome Part of the South~Sea y where we might 

 meet with an Englifi Factory ; but, he faid, 

 we had undertaken a Journey impofllble for 

 us to perform, for that the South-Sea was fo far 

 off, and we fhould have fo many Difficulties 

 toftruggle with by the Way, that we muft 

 of Neceflity perifh in the Attempt ; but no- 



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