NORTH AMERICA,, 3OJ 
numerous ifiands, which occafioned the voyage to 
be very troublefome, as moft of the horfes were 
lately taken wild out of their ranges, and many of 
them young and untutored. Being under the necef- 
fity of palling near the points of the ifiands, they 
grew reftlefs and impatient to land, and it was with 
great difficulty we kept them on board ; and at laft, 
when within a quarter of a mile of the oppofite 
fhore, paffing between two iflands, the horfes be- 
came ungovernable, and moft of them plunged into 
the river and forced over board one of our people. 
I being a pretty good fwimmer, in the midft of the 
buftle, and to avoid being beat over and perhaps 
wounded, leapt out and caught hold of the dock 
of one of the horfes. We all landed fafe on one of 
the iflands, about one hundred and fifty yards dis- 
tance, and the flat followed us. After a deal of 
trouble and lofs of time, we got the horfes again 
into the fcow, where Securing them by withs and 
vines, we again fat off, and foon landed fafe on the 
main, at a high bluff or bank of the river, where, 
after turning the horfes to pafture, and refting our- 
felves, we fat off on a viflt to a plantation on the 
river, fix or eight miles diftance. On the w r ay thither 
we difcovered a bee tree, which we cut down, and 
regaled ourfelves on the delicious honey ; leaving 
one of our companions to protect the remainder 
until our return with a tub, to colled; it and carry it 
with us ; and in the evening we all returned Safe 
with our Sweet booty to the trading-houfe. 
The veffel being loaded and ready to depart, I 
got all my colleblions on board. My trufty and 
fortunate bark I prefented to the old interpreter. 
Job Wiggens, often my travelling companion, 
friend 
