of John Cockburn, &c. fi 



bte Repaft ; but, above all, we were enter- 

 tained with two Birds they kept, which were 

 very tame, and fuffered to fly abroad at their 

 Pleafurc ; they were no bigger than a Spar- 

 row, but could talk intelligibly, and whittle 

 and fing admirably ; the Cock had a Comb 

 like our Game-Cocks, and the Hen a crop- 

 led Crown ; their Wings were red, and 

 their Bodies yellow, with a black Circle 

 round their Necks. Thcfe People told us, 

 we might get to Gracias a Dios in two or 

 three Days, and that the Town called Jpau- 

 bfo) was between it and us. 



In the Morning, we took our Leave of 

 them, and went over a Savanna, which was 

 covered with a Sort of Grafhopper or Fly, 

 of a yellowifh Colour ; the Air likewife was 

 lb thick of them, that it was almoft darken'd 

 thereby, £o that we could hardly keep on 

 our Way, and were near being ftifled by 

 the Concourfe of them ; and thus we tra- 

 velled till Sun-fet, at which Time, we were 

 got to the Side of the River, where we con- 

 fented to pafs the Night, and made our 

 Fire forthwith, that we might fit down to 



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