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 bear no part, the women made fom€ 

 figns to me to lay down and go to fleep, 

 firft having ftrewed fome dry boughs 

 upon the ground. I laid myfelf down^ 

 and foon fell faft afleep ; and about 

 three or four hours after awaking, I 

 found myfelf covered with a bit of blan- 

 ket, made of the down of birds, which 

 the women ufually wear about their 

 waift. The young woman, who had 

 carefully covered me, whilft fleeping, 

 with her own blanket, was lying clofe 

 by me : the old woman lay on the other 

 fide of her. The fire was low, and al- 

 moft burnt out ; but as foon as they 

 found me awake they renewed it, by put- 

 ting on more fuel. What I had hither- 

 to eat ferved only to fliarpen ray appe« 

 tite ; I could not help, therefore, being 

 earneft with them to get me fome more 

 vi6tuals. Having underftood my oe- 

 ceffities, they talked together fome little 

 time j after which getting up, they both 



went 



