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duty to the departed. This is ftill be- 

 lieved by the vulgar, in moft countries ; 

 and in our men, this perfuafion was 

 much heightened by the melancho- 

 ly condition they were reduced to ; and 

 was farther confirmed by an occurrence 

 which happened fome little time before 

 we went upon our laft expedition. One 

 night we were alarmed with a ftrange cry, 

 which refembled that of a man drown- 

 ing. Many of us raa out of our huts 

 towards the place from whence thenoife 

 proceeded, which was not far off fhore ; 

 where we could perceive, but not dif- 

 tin&ly (for. it was then moon-light), an 

 appearance like that of a man fwim- 

 ming half out of water. The noife 

 that this creature uttered was fo unlike 

 that of any animal they had heard be- 

 fore, that it made a great impreffion up- 

 on the meuj and they frequently re- 

 .called this apparition at the time of their 

 .diftrefles, with reflexions on the negledt 



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