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againftany of thefe evils. Exerting our- 

 felves, however, though faint, benumbed, 

 and almoft helplefs, to find fome wretch-*- 

 ed covert againft the extreme inclemency 

 of the weather, we difcovered an Indian 

 hut, at a fmall diftance from the beach, 

 within a wood, in which as many as 

 polTible, without diftindlion, crouded 

 themfelves, the night coming on exceed- 

 ingly tempcftuou3 and rainy. But here 

 our fituationwas fuch as to exclude all reft 

 and refrefliment by fleep from moft of 

 us J for befides that we preffed upon one 

 another extremely, we were not without 

 our alarms and apprehenfions of being 

 attacked by the Indians, from a difco- 

 very we made of fome of their lances 

 and other arms in our hut ; and our un- 

 certainty of their ftrength and difpofi- 

 tion gave alarm to our imagination, 

 and kept us in continual anxiety. 



In this miferable hovel, one of our 

 company, a lieutenant of invalids, died 



this 



