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to doe to gett Provifion for my Journey over 

 the Defarte to Arnadavar, whither of Force 

 I mufte have gone : But it pleafed God to 

 fende mee this Succour ; hee furnifhed mee 

 and my Men with Clothes and Viclualls fbf- 

 ficient to ferve us in the Deferte, 

 and gave me nine Mamodas in my 9 shillings, 

 Purfe, payinge all my Expences ? 

 whilefte I flayed heare, which was four 

 Dayes : And then havinge good Companye, 

 which wente to tyadhigpore, I wente alonge 

 with them. The honeft Baman commended 

 mee unto them, and brought mee one 

 Courfe on my Way, and then retorned to 

 Parker, where hee had Bufinefle for ten 

 Dayes, (as hee faid.) Nothinge worth notinge 

 paffed in our Way over the Defart, oniye 

 thefuperftitious Cuftoms of the People, which 

 I will herafter exprefle. Wee were fix Dayes 

 betweene Parker and Paddlngpore ; and the 

 nineteenth of March I came to Paddh/gpore y 

 and there fell exceedinge ficke, and rem ay n. 

 ed foe fix Dayes, liker to dye then live : And 

 the twenty-fixth of March, 16x4, beeinge 

 fomewhat amended, and good Companye 

 reddye to departe for Amadavar, I flxayned 

 Curtefie with my SicknefTe, and departed 



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