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 ward : fo here we left him ; and it wa^ 

 fome months before we faw him again. 

 We now got on, by very flow degrees, to 

 the northward ; and as the dilBculties and 

 hardfliips we daily went through would 

 only be a repetition of thofe already 

 mentioned, I ftiall fay no more, but that 

 at lad W'C reached an ifland about thirty 

 leagues to the fouthward of Ghiloe, 

 Here we remained two days for a favour- 

 able opportunity to crofs the bay, the very 

 thoughts of which feemed to frighten 

 our cacique out of his fenfes 5 and in- 

 deed, there was great reafon for his ap- 

 prehenfions ; for there ran a moft dread- 

 ful hollow fea, dangerous, indeed, for 

 any open boat whatever, but a thoufand 

 times more for fuch a crazy veflel as we 

 were in. He at length muttered up re- 

 folution enough to attempt it, firfl: having 

 croffed himfelf for an hour together, and 

 made a kind of lug- fail out of the bit^ of 

 blankets they wore about them, fewed 



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