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 vtith a long cloak on, a tye wig without 

 any curl, and a fpado of immenfe length 

 by his fide. He received us in great 

 ftate and form ; but as we had no inter- 

 preter, we underftood little or nothing of 

 the queftions he afked us. He ordered 

 a table »to be fpread for us with cold 

 ham and fowls ; which we three only fat 

 ^ down to, and in a (hort time difpatched 

 more than ten men with common appe- 

 tites would have done. It is amazing, 

 that our eating to that excefs we had 

 done, from the time we firft got amongft 

 thefe kind Indians, had not killed us ; 

 we were never fatisfied, and ufed to take 

 all opportunities, for fome months after, 

 of filling our pockets when we were not 

 feen,that we might get up two or three times 

 in the night to cram ourfelves. Captain 

 Cheap ufed to declare, that he was quite 

 afliamed of himfelf. After fupper, the 

 corregidore carried us to the jefuits col- 

 lege, attended by the foldiers, and all the 

 ^ ' N 3 rabble 



