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wiiat manner we fliould difpofe of ourfeives 
Hntil the mornings and we at length refolv- 
cd, that fome of us fliould keep watch dur- 
ing the night, and the reft place themfelves 
near the fire, and, if poiilble, obtain a little 
The night paiTed without any of us enjoy- 
in a moment of repofe. — Our bodies on one 
lide were heated by the fire ; but the cold 
chilled the other in fuch a manner, as to ren- 
der the pain hardly fupportable. The fand,- 
driven by the winds in prodigious quanti- 
ties, filled our eyes, ears and mouths, as 
we lay under the banks, and kept us in 
perpetual motion. — We likewife entertained 
i^pprehenfions refpefting the natives. I had 
in the courfe of the day requefted them te 
affift in preparing for our journey towards 
tim colonies y but they received thefe foli- 
citations, as I thought, with coolneis, and 
did not feem willing to part with us fo foon. 
Perplexed with thefe fufpicions, and fufFer- 
ing the moft difagreeable inconveniences 
from our fituation, we waited the approach 
©f morn with the moft impatient fcUd- 
