of John Cockburn, <&c. 2 5 1 



them to introduce me to his Excellency j 

 but they anfwer'd not a Word, for they 

 feem/d as much furprifed, as if they had 

 feen fome Spe&re newly rifen from the 

 Tombs. As I flood importuning them to 

 give me Admittance into the Houfe, the 

 Governor himfelf, who, I fuppofe, had heard 

 my Requeft, looked out of a Window, and 

 beckoned to me to come up to him ; which, 

 when the Indians obferved, they fufFered me 

 to go in, and I readily obeyed the Summons* 

 Being led into the Room where his Excel- 

 lency fat, he prefently ordered me to give 

 him an Account how I came hither ; upon 

 which, I rehears'd to him the raoft remarka- 

 ble Occurrences of thefe my unfortunate 

 Travels. After which he faid, How is it 

 poffible, that a lonely Man, a Stranger to 

 the Country, and one deftitute of all Suc- 

 cour and Defence, Ihould travel fo great a 

 Track of Land, as is between here ancj 

 Golfq Dolce only, exclufive of all the reft 3 

 when no Indian will venture alone that Way, 

 no not five Leagues from this Town, for 

 fear of the Tigers, which fometimes wil} 

 take People even out of their Houfes, and 

 devour them ? 



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