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em with the weflieni fide of the ifland 

 ** muft make you foverdgn, as one may 

 ** iky, of the African coaft, becaufe the port 

 ** C)f Bombctoc is feparated from Africa 

 *' oncly by the channel of Mozambique. 

 *' That this wild country, interfered by 



high mountains^ forefts, and ri;;ers, fliould 

 ** net have tlirown obftacles in the way of 

 " your projeti^, is to me a matter of aflouifli- 

 ** meat and furprlfe. 



** That route, faid Bcnyowikij is traced 



oi^Vi this is a fa£t that cannot be con- 

 *' tefted. I fhall Ihew you an itinerary^ 

 " and directions to be purfued for traverf- 

 ** ing that chain of q^ountains which fe* 

 " palates the eaftern from the weftern 

 " coafl:. You mufl leave on the fouth the 

 " high mountain of Vi'gagora, and foUow, 

 ** a few deviations excepted, the road fre* 

 '* quented by the ifiandcrs, when they 

 " eome from the coaft of Bomjjetoc to the 

 X 2 Bay 



