of John Cockburn 9 &c. 79 



we wandred to and fro, not knowing what 

 to do, till by the Dire£tion of Providence, 

 we came at length to a Run of Water, 

 which, after we had drank of plentifully, we 

 croffed, and, on the other Side, amidft a 

 great Company of Cattle, which took to 

 their Heels as foon as they faw us, we 

 heard the Barking of a Dog ; by this we 

 knew there muft be People not far oif. Ac- 

 cordingly, we made ftrid Search after them ? 

 and prefently found out their Range, in 

 which were two or three Perfons, of whom 

 I defired leave to ftay with them all Night, 

 but they made no Anfwer. Soon after came 

 a Mallata Man and Woman, with an Indian, 

 riding on a Mule, who approached us in 

 a very obliging Manner, and iliook us by 

 the Hand. The Mallata asking, if we were 

 Chriftians, and what that Painting meant on 

 my Arms ; I told him, I thank'd God, we 

 were Chriftians, and Englishmen, and that 

 one of the Marks on my Arms reprefented 

 our Saviour on the Crofs, which, with the 

 others, were done by a Grecian, fome Years 

 fince, when I was in the Holy Land : he 

 immediately fell on his Knees, and kifled 

 the Crofs, and, at the fame time, pulled 



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