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away by the current, I was in danger of lofing 
it ; and this difappointment would have given 
me the greater uneafmefs, as one of the fame 
fpecies, which I procured with much diffi- 
culty, had one day, by the negligence of fome 
of my people, been entirely fpoilt in my tent. 
I therefore plunged into the river, which 
reached up to my middle ; but getting en- 
tangled in the herbs which grew on its banks, 
?jid having not yet forgot the accident at. 
Queur-Boom, I Vv^as unwilling to advance 
farther. Narina, who perceived my embar- 
raffrnent, and the awkv/ard fituation into which 
I had got by running after my bird, was much 
aftonifhed that I fhould be afraid of trufting 
myfelf to the current. In an inftant therefore 
fhe threw herfelf into the water, and began to 
fwim, Vvhihl: I returned to the bank ; but the 
cruel creature Vv/ho had feized mv bird, held it 
up inner hand, and, calling out to me, defired 
me to come and fetch it. After a thoufand 
prayers, and the moil: earneft entreaties, inftead 
of complying with my requefl:, flie made for 
the other bank, with the velocity of an arrow, 
where ihe ridiculed me at her eafe, and laughed 
at me for ray timidity. I have already faid 
that I could not fvvim \ and if ever there was a 
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