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woods is not only extremely difficult, but 

 hazardous j not from any aflauks yoii 

 sre likely to meet with from wild 

 bealts ; for even thefe could hardly find , 

 convenient harbour here ; but from the 

 deep fwamp, which is the reigning foil 

 of this country, and in which the woods 

 may be faid rather to float than grow; 

 fo that, except upon a range of deformed 

 broken rocks which form the fea coaftj 

 the traveller cannot find found footing 

 any where. With this unpromifing 

 fcene before us we were now fetting out 

 in fearchof food, which nothing but the 

 moft preffing inftances of hunger could 

 induce us to do: w^e had, indeed, the 

 young Indian fervant to our cacique for 

 our conduftor, who was left by him to 

 feew us where the fliell-fifli was moft 

 plenty. The cacique was gone with the 

 reft of his family, in the canoe, with a 

 view of getting fome fcal, upon u trip 



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