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fame ; all which they paint very beautifully* 

 and carry to Panama, where they fell them 

 at a low Rate to difcharge their Tri- 

 bute. 



Having ftaid here one Night, the next 

 Morning we fet out for a Town called Ntf- 

 ta, between which and Pueblo Nuevo y are 

 Mountains which we were obliged to pafs 

 over ; but as I had not yet recovered 

 Strength fince my late Fit of Sicknefs at 

 Chiriqui, this proved a very fatiguing and 

 tirefome Journey, it being with the utmoft 

 Difficulty that I exerted myfelf to travel 

 with the Indians, who, on the other hand, 

 thought me very flow, and had fcarcely 

 Patience to keep my Pace, which was much 

 fafter than fuited me at that Time ; how- 

 ever, I made fhift to keep up with them 

 three Days, till we had palTed the Moun- 

 tains, and then I told them, I would not be 

 troublefome to them any longer, and as they 

 were going upon Bufinefs of Confequence, I 

 defired they would make the beft of their 

 Way, and leave me to follow them at my 

 Leifure. This, I knew, was a very agreea- 

 ble 



