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feej for it feems, they were all gone a Hunt* 

 ing. As the Women were commonly pret- 

 ty Ihy of us, we thought it beft to ask but 

 few Queftions t;ill the Men returned. Ac- 

 cordingly, we waited till Evening, and the 

 firft we met with was one bearing a white 

 Wand, whom we fuppofed to be the Ale 'aid \ 

 or Indian Governor, and underftanding from 

 himlelf that he was fuch, we deliver'd him 

 our PaiTes ; but perceiving, that he could 

 not read them, I offer'd my Service, and 

 read them to him. When he underftood the 

 Purport of them, he told me, that the firfi 

 Canoe that went ftiould traniport us over 

 the Gulf, and then fhewed us to a Range, 

 where he faid, we fhould be entertained till 

 that Time ; for our PaiTes ran, that we Ihould 

 have all Things free till we were paft the 

 Gulf, tho' all Perfons, as well Spaniards as 

 Natives, mull have PaiTes, and muft not- 

 withftanding pay ten Pieces of Eight apiece 

 for their PaiTage, befides the Expence of 

 their Diet by the Way ; fo greatly had the 

 Governor of St. Michael's favoured us. In- 

 deed our Entertainment proved but fmall ; 

 Viftuals being fo very fcarce in thefe Moun- 

 tains, that during the fix Days we ftaid here, 



we 



