of John Cock burn, &c* 3 1 

 likewife to underftand, we fhould meet with 

 many and great Dangers, which he feared 

 would prove unconquerable, and that it 

 would be impoffible for us to efcape wild 

 Beafts, without having great Fires every 

 Night where we refted, in order to which 

 he gave us a Steel, a Flint, and fome 

 Matches made of wild Cotton, with a Horn 

 to keep them dry in, and a Piece of Net 

 for the Conveniency of Carriage. This Pre- 

 fent was of great Service to us throughout 

 our Journey, and is Part of what I have 

 brought home with me to England. 



Having thus afforded us the heft Help 

 and Inftru&ions he was able, we took our 

 Leaves, but not without his fending his Bro- 

 ther to conduft us out of the Savanna, which 

 was (as they faid) twenty Leagues in 

 Length, and ten in Breadth, and as level as 

 a Bowling-Green. In the Evening, we came 

 to a Grove of Trees by the Side of a Pond, 

 where was plenty of old Wood lying on 

 the Ground, out of which we made a fire, 

 and roafted our Beef and Plantains; but in 

 the Night came fuch Swarms of Frogs, 

 Toads, and Snakes out of the Pond, that 

 - ■ we 



