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about the favanna, or whether fhe preferred 

 an Englifh to a Dutch rider, it were of no 

 confequence to determine : — fhe carried me 

 pleafantly and quietly, and we arrived at Jo- 

 hanna without further accident or difafter. 



On our way we were conduced to an 

 Indian village, built at the edge of the fa- 

 vanna, juft within the border of the foreft. 

 Very few of the people were in their houfes. 

 They were engaged in the chafe in fearch of 

 provifions, or had concealed themfelves in the 

 woods, upon feeing us approach. In one of 

 the huts we found an old woman wretchedly 

 difeafed, left quite alone, and lying naked in a 

 hammock. She feemed to be only a breathing 

 fkeleton : her countenance was deeply Hippocra- 

 tic : eruptions and foul ulcers disfigured her body, 

 and rendered her whole perfon a perfect objedt 

 of horror : fhe was unable to move — almoft 

 to fpeak or to breathe, and exhibited altogether 

 a molt ftriking example of human mifery. 



In the neighbourhood of the huts we 

 faw fome of the fine reeds growing, which 

 are ufed by the Indians for making their ar- 

 rows. They appeared to have been planted 



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