344 TRAVELS IN 
of my , little caravan. In the midfl: of the 
trees on the banks we fhould have run too 
much rifk, if the Bofhmen had come to attack 
us in the night. Five or fix hundred paces 
on this fide of them was a tolerable large 
clump of Ihrubs, chiefly confifting of ebo- 
nies. 
This clofe and bufhy thicket appeared to me 
well calculated to ierve us as a fhelter. I di- 
reded luch trees as were near, and that were 
capable of obftruding our fight, to be cut 
^ down, which required little trouble, as they 
were all euphorbias, great or fniall. Then, 
while fome of my people were difpatched on 
all fides to cut wood for the fires of the night, 
others were employed, under my diredion, in 
clearing the interior of the thicket, and form-^ 
ing a place capable of containing us. The 
outer edge we fortified wdth branches inters 
woven together, and covered with mats and 
feins. Laftly, to proted us from fuch arrows 
as might fall vertically on our heads, I caufed 
my marquee to be ftretched by way of canopy 
on fome flakes, and thus formed a roof, under 
■which vi^e were perfedly fiieltered. With 
thefe precautions we could fear no npdurnal 
attack 
