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alTembled and held conferences together. — » 
Though I iinderftood nothing of then* dif- 
Gourie, the myfterious manner in which they 
eonduded themfelves, and the reftlefs air of 
their countenances, announced a florm, or, in 
other words, that a confpiracy was on the 
point of burfting out. 
The Nimiquas, being the moll timid, were 
the firft to' explain their fentirnents ; and, on 
my part, I had reafon to be glad that the plot 
began to £hew itfclf by the declaration of thefe 
poltroons, deftitute alike of fpirit and energy. 
They came to inform me, that they would 
neither confent to enter a country of which 
none of my company had any knowledge, 
nor cxpofe themfelves to the attacks of a 
nation which every other nation held in hor- 
ror • and that they would confequently leave 
me, if I perfifted in my refolution. 
I made to their fpeech no other reply than 
by a burft of laughter ; and, taking them at 
their word, gave them leave to depart that 
moment, v/eli affured that they had not the cou- 
rage to put their threat in execution: becaufe, 
in order to return, they had to traverfe coun- 
tries infefted by the Bofhmen, through which 
they 
