NORTH AMERICA. 
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numerous iflands, which occafioned the voyage to 
be very troublefome, as mod of the horfes were 
lately taken wild out of their ranges, and many of 
them young and untutored. Being under the necef- 
jfity of palling near the points of the iflands, they 
grew reftlefs and impatient to land, and it was with 
great difficulty we kept them on board ; and at lall^ 
when within a quarter of a mile of the oppofite 
fhore, pafling between two iflands, the horfes be- 
came ungovernable, and moft of them plunged into 
the river and forced over board one of our people. 
I being a pretty good fwimmer, in the inidft of the 
buflle, and to avoid being beat over and perhaps 
wounded, leapt out and caught hold of the dock of 
one of the horfes. We all landed fafe on one of 
the iflands, about one hundred and fifty yards dif- 
tance, and the flat followed us. After a deal of 
trouble and lofs of time, we got the horfes again 
into the fchow, where fecuring them by withs and 
vines, we again fat off, and foon landed fafe on the 
main, at a high bluff or bank of the river, where, 
after turning the horfes to paflure, and refling our- 
felves, we fat off on a vifit to a plantation on the 
river, fix or eight miles diftance. On the way thither 
we difcovered a bee tree, which we cut down, and 
regaled ourfelves on the delicious honey ; leaving 
one of our companions to protect the remainder un- 
til our return with a tub, to collect it and carry it 
with us ; and in the evening we all returned fafe 
with our fweet booty to the trading-houfe. 
The veflel being loaded and ready to depart, I 
got all my collections on board. My trufty and 
fortunate bark I prefented to the old interpreter, 
Job Wiggens, often my travelling companion, 
friend 
