TRAVELS IN 
Thefe four months had been an age to him j 
and, though I had told him to wait for me five 
or fix, he had been in doubt whether be ought 
not to return to the- Namero ; particularly as 
the fiivages who conduded to the camp the 
oxen I bought on the road had told him, that, 
with the friendly manners I had the art of em- 
ploying, I might proceed fo far into the 
country that, perhaps, he would never hear of 
me again. 
We were mudi altered, he fald, and fallei^ 
away ; which, confidering the exceiTive fa- 
tigues we had undergone, by no means fijr- 
prifed me. Scorched all day by a fervid fun'y 
obliged continually to march over rocks or 
fanda, fleeping at night on a fimple mar, and 
having ufually nothing but bracki-fh water ta 
drink, I certainly did not lead the life of a 
fatrap^ whatever may be faid y. at the fam.e 
time I do not regret the hardfiiips I expe- 
rienced. Indeed, notvv^ithfianding my thin- 
nefs, I never enjoyed better health, 
I crofied the river on the raft, and found 
myfelf at laft in the midft of my real and pro- 
per camp. This moment was delightful tc 
lae. I feemed returned to take poffefiion of 
my 
