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tion to all the difficulties of making their way 

 through the unknown and almoft impene- 

 trable woods, they knew not where to find 

 the enemy's pofts ; and were, at every minute^ 

 liable to be fallen upon by furprize. 



At firft entering the Buffi, the march 

 was continued to a great diftance, nearly 

 knee-deep in water; and when further ad- 

 vanced, the troops had to fcramble through 

 the thickets ; or follow each other by a confin- 

 ed path in Indian file ; and, after the haraffing 

 march of the day, to lie down at night, on the 

 bare ground, under the trees — the officers fuf- 

 pending their hammocks from bough to bough 

 in the open air. They had, moreover to 

 carry the whole of their provifions, arms f 

 ammunition, and every other neceffary requir- 

 ed for the fuccefs of the expedition, upon their 

 backs, 



But for the affiftance given by the Indians^ 

 the brigands had probably never been fub clu- 

 ed ; perhaps not found ! The expertnefs of 

 thefe men, in fuch a purfuit, is peculiar, and 

 beyond all that could be imagined, by thofe 

 who live in crowded fociety. They not only 



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