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my poltroons. They apprehended that the 
intention of my guides was to lead us into fome 
ariibufh, where we fhould all be maffacred ; 
and that the four men left behind were, by their 
fignals, to give notice to fome of their pafties to 
come upon us while we were afieep. In iliort, 
there was no danger which their terrified ima- 
gination did not dread ; and fo great was 
their cov/ardice, that they durft not venture to 
ftir from my camp, even in the day time; nor 
would my hunters ever go out to the chace 
unleis I accompanied them. 
We direded our courfe acrofs the moun- 
tains in a flraight line towards the fouth-eaft, 
and did not halt till ten at night j In a place 
where we found plenty of good water in the 
cavities of the rocks. Towards midnight, the 
four men of the horde arrived ; and if their 
.prefence afforded me pleafure, as it announ- 
ced the fcrupulous punduality and adive 
zeal of their nation, it was no lefs agreeable to 
my poltroons, whofe fufpicions it jn fome 
meafure allayed. 
Though they now faw their pretended ene- 
;Tii€S before them^ they were neverlhelefs fo 
ftruck that they ftili apprehended fome noc- 
turnal 
