p4 £he 2)ijlrefes and Adventure* 

 In which Condition I lay groaning, till an 

 Indian^ who heard me, came to inquire what 

 was the Matter ; who, feeing me in fuch a 

 Way, prefently guefs'd at what had been 

 the Caufe of it, and faid, that if any poifon- 

 ous Thing had bit me, we muft fearch, till 

 we could find it, or I fhould be dead by 

 Morning ; whereupon, he immediately fetch- 

 ed a Light, and finding the Scorpion, killed 

 it, and rubbed the Place where I "was flung 

 with it for along while, by which Means I 

 was much amended before Morning. 



The next Day came a great many ftrange 

 Indians to Hare at us, and fee what Sort of 

 Men we were ; but our Keepers would not 

 fuffer any of them to talk with us, or give 

 us the leaft Thing to eat. About Noon the 

 fame Day, there came to us a Gentlemen of 

 the Clergy, who, when he knew our Coun- 

 try and Religion, was alfo pleafed to fay 

 we were no Chriftians. This Gentleman in- 

 formed us, that the Governor had an Englijb- 

 man belonging to him, to whom he had 

 flood Godfather at his lateBaptifm, and that 

 his Excellency had fent for him to be Inter- 

 preter between himfelf and us. He called 



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