lit The Diftrejfes and Adventures 



but that there they muft leave me, becaufe 

 their People were engaged in a War againft 

 thofe of Ghirtqtiu 



The better to enable me to travel with 

 them, the old Man made me bathe the 

 Wounds I had received in fencing with the 

 Rocks, with a Juice he had fqueezed from 

 certain Herbs, and after they had nurfed 

 me up for two or three Days, by the Help 

 of God* I grew much better. The two 

 young Men were inclined to come into a 

 great Intimacy with me, and wanted to know 

 if I could fhoot with Bows and Arrows ; but 

 I made them underftand, as well as I could, 

 that in my Country they made Ufe of Guns 

 only, and that therefore I was intirely un- 

 skilled in the Management of Bows and Ar- 

 rows. But to ftiew me how dextrous they 

 were at them, they would often Ihoot a 

 fmall Bird flying, or pecking on the Ground 

 at a great Diftance. I have feen them ftand, 

 perhaps a hundred Yards from a Bird on the 

 Ground, and mount their Arrow dire£Hy 

 up into the Air, fo as to fall down again 

 exa&ly on the Bird, and ftick it to the Earth. 

 And as a farther Inftance of their Ingenuity 



this 



