of John Cockburn, &c. 5 5 



the Boys had got fafl: hold, fearing we were 

 come to do them fome Mifchief 5 and in- 

 deed when we firft entered, the poor Chil- 

 dren were ftruck with fuch Fear and Afto- 

 nifhment, that they trembled, and look'd as 

 if we were going to devour them alive. We 

 asked the old Man, if we had taken the 

 right Way to paft the Mountains : he faid 

 no; and that, if we had attempted to go 

 farther, we fhould certainly have been torn 

 in Pieces. He defired us to fit down, fay- 

 ing, that when his Family came home he 

 Ihould have fomething to refrefh us with, 

 which was what we very much wanted, and 

 had almoft defpaired of. After a while 

 came three Men and three Women, who 

 brought with them a great Quantity of 

 Honeycomb and Plantains ; they feemed 

 ftrangely furprized at us, and asked the old 

 Man what we were? Heanfwer'd, we were 

 Spaniards^ but, on my telling him we were 

 EngUjhmen^ he faid, he had formerly heard 

 of fuch Men, but had never feen any, and 

 was forry, that now fo fair an Opportunity 

 offered, he could not gratify his Curiofity 

 that way. I defired to know how long he 

 had been blind j upon which he called for 



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