1 5 4 ffi> e ^Dijlrejfes and Jd ventures 



Not far from hence is a great River, 

 which we were three Days endeavouring to 

 crofs, but in vain, till the fourth. On the 

 other Side of this River is a great Range, 

 called St. Domingo, where we found a Ne- 

 groe Man and Woman, who, upon our tel- 

 ling them our Country, profds'd they loved 

 the Bnghjh well, but not the Spaniards ; and 

 indeed, we found the good Effefts of this 

 Difpofltion in them, for they behaved wonder- 

 fully kind and friendly to us. We ftaid with 

 them one Night, and in the Morning, they 

 dire&ed us to a Place called St. Thomas's, 

 where they faid lived a Spaniard, who was 

 a good Man. 



B y the Way we faw a Creature hafting 

 towards us, fomewhat refembling a Bear, 

 but very crooked, and of a fandy Colour ; 

 and believing he had a mifchievous Defign 

 upon us, we made fhift to kill it with our 

 Sticks. In the Evening we got to St. Tho- 

 mas's, and met with the Spanifh Gentleman^ 

 who fully anfwer'd the good Charafter given 

 him by the Negroes. Upon hearing our 

 Diftrefs, he prefently order'd his Indians to 



broil 



