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they fell to the colonlfts. There are alfo whites 
who follow this kind of trade ; but they are far 
from dealing with the fame honefty as the 
favages of whom I am fpeaking, 
Thefe people arrived from the eaftern coun- 
tries, where they had purchafed a herd of about 
threefcore cattle. Having heard of me there, 
they had endeavoured to find me, and came 
to afk permilTion to join my caravan and re- 
turn with me to their habitations. To this 
requeft I gave my confent, informing them, 
however, that I had as yet neither determined 
on the day of my departure, nor the road I 
fliould take* 
With regard to fubfiftence, I promifed to 
lhare with them the produce of my hunting, 
as long as game was to be found : but added, 
that the moment game failed, and I fhould be 
obliged to have recourfe to my herd to feed my 
people, I fhould then leave them to themfelves 
to get provificn as they could. I obferved 
alfo that i fliould net furnifh them with to- 
bacco ; for my ftock of this article, fo import- 
ant to a favage, began to fall fhort. With 
regard to my brandy, though I had left a fmall 
ftore at my departure, it was confid$rably di- 
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