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CHAP, them gone, and who had only tied the tree acrofs the 

 ^,,^,^^.1^ river to deceive us. boi, . ysrlJ 



To this opinion neither myfelf nor the other officers 

 could fubfcribe ; but no arguments would prevail with 

 him, and we marched diredly from them, viz. eafl, in- 

 fleadof croffing and purfuirig them v/eft, as the rangers 

 would certainly have done : thiis we kept on till it was 

 near darb, though the bread was forgotten, a'nd the 

 ■whole day not a drop of water to be obtained, marching 

 through high fandy heaths or favannahs. After inclining 

 a little to the right, we were juft upon 'th6 point of 

 making a camp, when a negro called "out that w^e were 

 come to the Wana Creek. This in my ears was a wel- 

 come found ; and giving him a calebafhy ^nd the belt 

 part of a bottle of my rum, I def?red him to' run to the 

 creek, and make me fome grog, and this he did ; but 

 the poor fellow, never having made grog before, poured 

 in all the fpirits and but very little water, doubtlefs think- 

 ing, that the ftronger it was tlie better \ which beverage 

 I fwallowed to the*bottom, without taking time to tafte 

 it, and I became inflantly fo much intoxicated that I 

 could hardly keep my feet. 



On the 9th we found ourfelves returned to our old camp, 

 from a fruitlefs cruife, when Colonel Fourgeoud fet the cap- 

 tive negro September at liberty, who folio vved like a fliep- 

 herd's dog attending a flock ; but our commander in chief 

 was indefatigable, and not only crofTed and reconnoitred 

 thQ weft fide of the creek himfelf, but filling our knapfacks, 

 < we 



