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perfons before the entrance of the houfe, under 
the fhade of the trees that furrounded it, I en- 
tered into a defcriptlon of this country, the 
moft pleafant in the colony. I related every 
thing that had attached me to it when I for- 
merly encamped there ; how pure was the air, 
and how enchanting the profpefts. I infured 
him a fpeedy convalefcence, a recovery in a 
few days, both from his bodily complaints, and 
that uneafmefs of mind to which he was con- 
tinually a prey. Thefe agreeable reveries, 
which roufed him a little, infenfiblv led us far- 
then We advanced even to CafFraria. I vi- 
fited the worthy Haabas ; I faw once more my 
dear Narina and her interefting horde ; in 
fliort, I travelled over again, in imagination, 
the courfe which I had before travelled with 
my people. We promifed ourfelves the purer 
enjoyments, as we fhould have none of thofe 
obftacles to ftruggle with, which, from inex- 
perience, and a too numerous equipage, had 
every inftant fprung up at my feet. The 
liope of vifiting Caffrarla was particularly faf- 
cinating to me in thefe ideal excurfions; and, 
at this conjundure, humanity, I thought, im- 
pofed it as a law upon me. There prevailed 
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