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til we came to a ferm houfe. . Here we ex- 
..pefted relief; but none^ alas! was to be 
found : the whole place bad been deferted 
for fome time ; we were obliged^ therefore., 
. to lieep again in the alr^ and leave our ab- 
lent and miierable companions to all the 
horrors of the delert. 
This was not a night of fleep, but lamen- 
tation. We iat round our fire^ and {poke 
of nothing .but .pur abfent meis-mates and 
-their ■unfortunate iituation/ They were 
left defenccLfsj without- food, hardly able 
to (land erect, and in a country where the 
feroeidus animals were moft numerous. 
They w.eje. like wife every hour in danger of 
an attack from the Bojldis-inen^ who Iwarni 
in theie parts, and deftroy the unhappy ob- 
jects of their vengeance by arrows that are 
poifcnecl. The fenfibility of my people on 
tlris melancholy occafion, difplayed the gen- 
- uinc charader of a failor, Jvlen^vvdio could 
brave -all the dangers of the tempeft, and 
face death without a trembling nerve, even 
in the cannon's' mouth, could not, however, 
fpeak of their diftreffed and abfent brethren 
without a tear. Tneir own mdsfortunes 
were forgotten ; and their onlv confidera- 
lion, during the night, Vv^as their unhappy 
mcfs-mates, wTiorn they never -expefted to 
behold - again. 
We remained here for more than an hour 
after the riling of the fun. It was poflible, 
we might fee a few of our people ftraggling 
towards the fpot where we then were, .and 
