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We bore to the weftward, on our fetting-; 
out, for the purpofe of obtaining frelh wa- 
ter in the courfe of our journey. Our guides 
obferved, that near the coaft the water v/a:? 
generally brackifli ; we therefore ftruck in- 
to the interior, and v/epe not entirely dif- 
appointed in our expcftations. 
The country through which we travelled, 
was beautifully variq^'ated with hills, dales^. 
extenfive plains fine])^. watered, _ but lefc- 
wooded than the former. The grafs ap- 
peared of an extraordinary height ; but in 
the courfe w^e purfued, not a human foot- 
iiep could be traced ; no cattle, no fign of 
cultivation could be obferved* We were 
not interrupted by any beaft of prey, al- 
though v/e conftantly perceived their dung. 
At length, after travelling about thirty-five 
miles, we bagan ta feel the want of water<» 
After fearching for this indifpeiifable ali- 
ment with the utmoll anxiety and attention, 
we Vv^ere fo fortunate as to difcover, before 
fun-fet, a brook that run near the corner 
■of a wood ; and here %ve determined to reft 
for the night. We began, therefore, to 
prepare a fufllcient quantity of fuel. The 
wood was chiefly com.pofed of trees that > , 
partook in fome degree oi the nature of our 
thorn : we cut federal and arranged our 
fires. One of the Cailrees ftruck a light, 
and th^ whole, in a few minutes, was in a 
blaze. The tinder which he provided w^a^ 
of a particular defcription ; it confifted of a 
pithy fubftance extracted from a reed^ andi 
