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Schneider 5 who, alluring us tliat they were s 

 fully competent to the journey, afked them if 

 they could row to Vigilantie that evening ? 

 They replied in the affirmative, and cheerfully 

 executed the tafk, arriving in high fpirits, and 

 fmiling when we afked them if they were not 

 fadly tired. But we had not felt at eafe re- 

 garding them, throughout the day's journey ; 

 for, except the fliort time we remained with 

 M. Schneider, we were in the boat from half- 

 paft eight in the morning until feven in the 

 evening. That even negroes could fupport 

 fo many hours of heavy and incefiant labour in 

 fuch a climate was paft our conje&ure. The 

 only relief they required was to reft, occafion- 

 ally for a few minutes, upon their oars ; at 

 which intervals, although extremely heated, 

 and bathed in perfpiration, they had no fooner 

 flopped, than they plunged from the fide of 

 the boat into the river, and fwam about in or- 

 der to cool themfelves, and drive away fatigue. 

 Hazardous as this might feem, they did not 

 fuffer the flighted inconvenience from it, but 

 returned to their oars with new fpirit and vi- 

 gour, feeling more refreflied, and more delight- 

 ed with their bathing than with their food. 



