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defired ; and this lhews how difficult it is to 

 judge, what will, or what will not be for our 

 Good 5 what we dread the Confequence of 

 moft, often proves moft for our Advan- 

 tage ; as on the contrary, what we profe- 

 cute with Eagernefs, and the greateft Care 

 and Induftry, proves often, upon theUpihot, 

 to be what we ought of all Things to have 

 avoided. Here we lay one Night, but the 

 Place was fo over-run with Vermine, that it 

 was impoffible to fit ftill, or reft one Mo- 

 ment all the Time. The Indians themfelves 

 lie under Paviilions, on Places made of Cane, 

 railed two Foot from the Ground, and fo 

 clolely wrought, that even a Muskitoe can- 

 not get at them. 



A t Day-break next Morning we depart- 

 ed from hence, with our Friend Bamwell 7 

 and after taking fome Pains to find ouc 

 where it was eafieft to crofs the River, we 

 got over it, and came on a Savanna, where 

 we law great Numbers of large Wolves. 

 By Evening we got to a Range, where we 

 ftaid all Night, but no Sleep could we get 

 in this Part of the Countrv, becaufe of the 

 Vermine. 1 he next Day, wc came among 



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