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vourite excepted from the law by which I 
confined all the horde to certain boundaries, 
and has perhaps no faith in my continence, 
Narina kept clofe by me, and never thought 
of quitting her friend. I fhewed her where 
her mother and friends were at fome dif- 
tance from us, and Narina then bid me 
good night. 
I difpatched two of my people completely 
armed, to pafs the night near thefe Gonaquas, 
and to defend them from voracious animals. 
When every one had retired to reft, I ordered 
that no perfon after that fhould be fufFered 
either to enter or to go out. 
I could however fcarcely fleep, for every 
thing that had happened fmce the arrival of 
thefe favages recurred to my imagination under 
the moft whimfical and extraordinary colours. 
What I had learned refpe£ling the manners and 
charadler of thefe people, compared with the 
ridiculous and infipid relations of our ro-^ 
mantic travellers, appeared to me fo pure, fo 
fimple, and fo engaging ; my converfations 
particularly with Haabas and Narina had in- 
terefted me fo much, that I curfed even the 
rapid moments which deprived me of thefe 
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