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The mafter of the cabin had Informed me, 
that farther on, to the north- weft, Uved another 
fettler, who, being richer in cattle than himfelf, 
could fpare me a greater number. Notwith- 
ftanding my unwillingnefs to undertake a frefli 
journey in fuch fevere weather, I fet out. 
During the whole of the way, which was ex** 
tremely bad, we were expofed to an unceafmg 
fnow, which fell in large flakes, as in the moft 
northern parts of Europe. It was highly im- 
prudent in us thus to venture under fuch cir- 
cumftances ; for the fnow preventing us from 
feeing the ground on which we trod, we 
were continually in danger of breaking out 
necks, by falling down with our horfes. 
Meanwhile, more fortunate than we had reafon 
to exped:, we arrived v/ithout accident at a 
miferable fettlement, where we found, in a 
vile hut, an old man warming himfelf at a fire 
of cow-dung, by which he invited me to fit 
down. ;;mi^VV' 
Benumbed and frozen as I was, an oppor- 
tunity of warming myfelf gave me no fmall 
pleafure, though 1 could effed; it only in an 
inconvenient pofition, fquatting on the ground 
like a Hottentot, the hut being too low to 
H 2 permit 
