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land near the town for cultivation. They 

 were bufied in packing up all their little ftore 

 of implements and utenfils, in order to return 

 to their native abode in the woods. Bows 

 and arrows, apparatus for preparing caffada, 

 the clay cooking-velTel ? hammocks, calabafties, 

 and crab-bafkets conftituted their whole lift 

 of ftores and furniture. All thefe were light 

 in ftru&ure, or made of light materials, and, 

 being arranged in compact order, were eafily 

 carried on their backs. The women were 

 made to bear the burden ; while the men 

 took no mare of the load. One man, who 

 had three wives, very neatly packed upon 

 their backs, the whole of what he had to 

 carry away ; then taking up a long ftafF, 

 he marched on before with lordly ftep, the 

 wives following him in filent train, one after 

 another. We walked gently behind a party 

 of about forty as far as the creek, and there 

 faw fome of them embark in their canoes, 

 and paddle up the river, while the others 

 took a narrow path leading into the depths of 

 the foreft ; and prefently the whole body of 

 them were out of fight, leaving not a trace of 

 their vifit behind. 



