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Thefe Hats were of great Service to us af- 

 terwards, in ftiading us from the Vehemence 

 of the Sun, to which we had been fo much 

 expofed before, that Mr. Banijler had there- 

 by almoft loft his Sight. Mr. Rounce con- 

 tinued all this while very bad of his Ague 

 and Fever. 



We were dire&ed by our Pafs to go to a 

 Place call'd Contiagua, where we were to 

 Ihew it to the Indians of that Place, that we 

 might crofs the great Gulf of Fonfeca, Map- 

 fahy or Amapala, which is about thirty or 

 forty Leagues from hence. Thomas Colorado, 

 for I know him by no other Name, gave us 

 an Invitation to call at his Houfe, about 

 eight Leagues from St. Michael's, faying, it 

 was in our Way to the Place whither we 

 were going, and that his Wife, who was an 

 Indian, would give us a kind Reception, as 

 being his Countryman ; we accepted the Of- 

 fer, and fat out accordingly leaving him at 

 St. Michael's. 



When we had got two or three Leagues 

 from the Town, we came to fome high 

 Mountains, which made us fuppofe we had 



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