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our power. Our whole lift of ftores confifted 

 of a cold ham and fome bread, with a fupply 

 of plantains for the negroes, fome wine and 

 Hollands, a few bottles of water, and our 

 hammocks. 



The fides of the river being, for the moft 

 part, very flat and low, and entirely covered 

 with thick woods, we were fenfible that the 

 views could not be fufEciently varied at all 

 times to amufe the eye and the mind, or to 

 prevent the fatigue which mud necefTarily 

 arife from fitting many hours each day in the 

 boat ; we therefore took with us fome books 

 and a pack of cards, as occafional refources 

 to divert us from the continued famenefs of the 

 fcene. 



Thus equipped, we embarked on the 

 morning of Wednefday June 15, from the 

 town of New Amfterdam. Unfortunately on 

 proceeding to the boat, we found only four 

 negroes on board, and without a fifth, to act 

 as timoneer, we muft either have fufFered the 

 inconvenience of lofing the ufe of an oar by 

 putting one of the four flaves to the helm, or 

 we muft have been fubje&ed to the annoy- 



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