i 24 The Ltftrejfes and Adventures 

 no Coco Nuts, or any other Suftenance to be 

 found but by Indians only. Indeed I was 

 fo cautious of being burthenfome to them, 

 and proving a dead Load upon their Hands 

 that I often exerted myfelf beyond my 

 Strength. 



In five Days we pafs'd the Mountains, 

 and then came to a River ? where was the 

 greateft Fall of Water I ever faw j it fell 

 down a Precipice feemingly fix hundred 

 Feet high, and raged with fuch Violence, 

 that we had heard the Noife of it two Days 

 before we came to it. We were obliged to 

 go down this River in order to get to the 

 Sea again, and we were forced to wade 

 through it, becaufe it was rendred impalTa- 

 ble for any Veffel by great Trees lying 

 acrofs it ; fome of which we crept under and 

 fome we climb'd over, but the Current ran 

 fo ftrong, that not a Man of us could ftand 

 upon his Legs long together. We began 

 this Journey through the Pviver pretty early 

 in the Morning, and about Sun- let got to 

 the Sea-fide, where we made a Fire, and 

 ftaid all Night. Here the Indians drelfed a 

 fine Fifli as big as a large Salmon, which 



they 



