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CHAP. French valet-de-chambre, who had charge of the i^rovi- 

 Hon, was blown down to Baram's point, and another time 

 funk with all the provilions ; which produced the imper- 

 tinent remark from fome of the foldiers, that the devil 

 had miftaken him for his mafter. In the midft how- 

 ever of this diftrefs, we were again prefented by one of 

 the rangers with a large bird, called here boo^(Jy'^calcoOy 

 being a fpecies of wild turkey ; of this fortunate acqui» 

 fition it was refolved in the evening to make broth, each 

 throwing a piece of his rufk bifcuit into the kettle, and 

 (ftanding round the fire) beginning to ladle away as foon 

 as the broth began to boil, which had another virtue, 

 viz. notwithftanding its being put over at fix o'clock in 

 the evening, at twelve o'clock at midnight the kettle was 

 juft as full as the firft moment we had begim fupper, 

 though the broth was rather weaker I muft acknow^ 

 ledge, the heavy rain having dafl^ed into it without in« 

 termiffion. During this fevere ftorm we were as defti- 

 tute of huts as the night before, but I availed myfelf once 

 more of my EngUfli petticoat trowfers, which, loofening 

 from my middle, I hung about my flioulders, and con- 

 tinuing to turn round before the fire (like a fowl roafting 

 on a firing) I pnfTed the hours with rather more corh- 

 fort than ray miferable coughing companions. All I 

 can fay of the bird above mentioned is, that I thought it 

 differed little from the common turkeys, which here 

 frequently weigh above twenty pounds. 

 The largefl bird in Gmana is there called tuyew, and by 



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