\ 6 The Tiijtrejfes and Jdventures 



No fooner did my Friend the Gunner a- 

 wake, but he began to fwear luftily , that ibme 

 of them fhould take a Canoe, and go with 

 him to fetch over the reft of my Company 

 from the Ifland. At firft they protefted, that 

 if any of the People he mentioned ftiould 

 dare to fet Foot where they were, it ftiould 

 coft them their Lives ; but after debating the 

 Matter awhile, they began to alter their 

 Minds, and at laft agreed that fome of them 

 fhould go with him. But my Misfortune 

 was to be left behind with the reft of the 

 Society till their Return, who as foon as my 

 Friend was gone, ordered me to fit down at 

 a Diftance, and threatned, that if I ftirr'd 

 Hand or Foot, I was a dead Man : This 

 was indeed as great a Punilhment as could 

 welb have been infli&ed ; becaufe, under 

 fuch a Reftraint, I was no ways able to 

 keep off the Vermine, fuch as Muskitoes 

 and great yellow Ants, as large as our Bees^ 

 which ftung to that Degree as foon made 

 me all of a gore Blood ; but this was what 

 my Tormentors (for fo I think I may call 

 them) were not fo much expofed to, being 

 cloathed, and having other Conveniences to 



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