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have an opportunity of feeing numbers of 

 Indians in their native dwellings, in theenvirons 

 of an old eftate, called Savonette, about twenty 

 miles higher up the river ; and, remarking that 

 according to the plan of our expedition, we 

 fhould be unable to proceed further with any 

 profped of comfort or gratification* We 

 could not oppofe even a doubt to the opinions 

 of chefe gentlemen ; therefore, embracing their 

 propofal, we agreed to purfue our journey to 

 Savonette with the evening tide, and after 

 vifiting an Indian village, and the other curi- 

 ofities of the fpot, to return to 1VL Heyne- 

 manii's. 



The morning was pleafantly fpent in 

 examining the colledion of Indian curiofities, 

 and of fpecimens in natural hiftory ; but more 

 efpecially in hearing M. Heynemann relate 

 his adventures among the Indians ; whom he 

 termed Bucks and Buckeen, thefe being the 

 names commonly given to them in the colo- 

 nies. We were alfo amufed by feeing M. 

 Heynemann and one of the Indians flioot with 

 the common bow and arrow of the woods, 

 and blow the poifoned arrow at a mark from 

 its tube. The accuracy of the Bucks, ii* 



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