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went out, taking with them a couple of 

 dogs, which they train to aflift them in 

 fifliing. After an hour's abfence, they 

 came in trembling with cold, and their 

 hair ftreaming with water, and brought 

 two fifli ; which having broiled, they 

 gave me the largeft fliare j and then we 

 all laid down as before to reft. 



In the morning, my curiofity led me 

 to vifit the neighbouring wigwams, in 

 which were only one or two men ; the 

 reft of the inhabitants were all women 

 and children, I then proceeded to en- 

 quire after captain Cheap and our Indian 

 guide, whom I found in the wigwam 

 they at firft occupied : the authority of 

 the cacique had procured the captain no 

 defpicable entertainment. We could 

 not learn what bufinefs the men, whofe 

 wives and children were here left be- 

 hind, were gone oik upon ; but as they 

 feldom or never go upon fifliing-parties 

 (for they have no hunting here) without 

 7 their 



