of John Cock burn, &c. <5| 

 vour with us to get away ; but, he faid, he 

 could not undertake to travel fo long a 

 Journey after our Manner. Perhaps, the 

 true Motive of his Refufal was, he had, like 

 his Friend, fettled his Affections on fome 

 Woman of the Country. We ftaid here two 

 Days, and had the beft Entertainment the 

 poor Woman could give us; fhe alfo pro- 

 cured us a Bull's Hide, which we cut, and 

 tied to the Seles of our Feet, which were at 

 this time, in a very fore Condition. Our 

 Countryman told us, there was an Indian 

 Town called Petapa, or St. Johns, not above 

 two Days Journey from this Place, and that 

 the People there would direft us to Son- 

 fonnate. 



From hence we fat out, being, in a 

 Manner, no wifer then we were before, and 

 fteered our Courfe S. W. and, as near as we 

 could guefs by the Sun, for the South-Seas. 

 By Sun-fet, we came to our old Range, 

 where we lay before we went to our Coun- 

 tryman's, and there once more took up our 

 Night's Lodging. In the Morning, we met 

 with two Indians, who directed us to go 

 through fuch a Valley, where, they faid, 



we 



