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alnioft filled my hat when I faw them re- 

 turning to the canoe. I made what hafte 

 I could to her ; for I believe they would 

 have made no confcience of leaving me 

 behind. I fat down to my oar again, 

 placing my hat clofe to me, every now 

 and then eating a limpet. The Indians 

 were employed the fame way, when one 

 of them feeing me throw the fliells over- 

 board, fpoke to the reft in a violent 

 paffion ; and getting up, fell upon me, 

 and feizing me by an old ragged hand- 

 kerchief I had about my neck, almoft 

 rfimtcled me; whilft another took me 

 bvt^Ke legs, and was going to throw me 

 overboard, if the old woman had not 

 prevented chem. I was all this time in- 

 tirely ignorant by what means I had 

 given offence, till I obferved that the In- 

 dians, after eating the limpets, carefully 

 piit the lliells in a heap at the .bottom 

 of the canoe. I then concluded there 

 was fome fuperftition about throwing 



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