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. of John Cockburn, &v. 57 

 come to any Certainty concerning its Anti- 

 quity. This we learned, however, by In- 

 quiry made of the Natives, that it had 

 hung in the Manner we faw it, Time out of 

 Mind, and that it had been (but they knew 

 not when) a very publick Road for Paffen- 

 gers, tho* now quite difufed. I muft not 

 forget to acquaint the Reader, that the 

 Breadth of the River under the Hammock- 

 Bridge (as we called it) is a full Quarter of 

 a Mile. 



This Evening, we got to an old Whig- 

 warn forfaken by the Indians^ as is common 

 with them, in which we took up our Night's 

 Lodging, and in the Morning fat out again ; 

 but our Provifion being all fpent, we were 

 forced to employ Part of our Time that 

 Day, in gathering fuch Berries as we could 

 find to appeafe our Hunger. After travel- 

 ling over a Savanna, about Sun-fet we came 

 to a Run of clear Water, by the Side of 

 which were fine Plantain Walks. Wfailft 

 we fat down here to reft us, came feveral 

 Indian Women to fetch Water ; but, like 

 thofe we had met with before on the fame 

 Errand, as foon as they few us, away they 



ran, 



