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and found them all fwimming, fporting In 
the water, and diving with wonderful dexterity. 
When I had furveyed thefe female bathers at 
my leifure, I foon put an end to their fport by 
firing my fufee; upon which they all plunged 
down In the water, leaving nothing above the 
furface but the points of their nofes. I then 
feated myfelf on their clothes which were 
heaped together, where I took a pleafure in 
jeering them ; and, fhewing them their fmall 
aprons one after the other, invited them to 
come for them, Narina*s mother laughed 
heartily at the embarraffment of her com- 
panions ; for flie had quitted the water be- 
fore the reft, and was repofmg herfclf under 
a tree, till they fhould join her. Having en- 
treated me in vain a long time to depart, only 
one refource was left them, which they em- 
ployed with a fhrewdnefs that aftonifhed me. 
Narlna's mother well knowing the afcendancy 
that her beautiful daughter had over me, threw 
her apron and krofs to her ; the latter then 
dreffing herfelf in the water, foon after came 
towards me, with the moft fimple and tender 
air, to beg that I would retire for a few mo- 
ments, in order that thefe women might have 
time to put on their veftments. I at firft pre- 
tended 
