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afteep, but was again awakened by the fcreaniiftg 
owl, I found the monfter on the top of the bank, 
his head towards me, not above two yards diftant ; 
when ft ar ting up, and feizing my fufee web loaded, 
which I always kept under my head in the night 
time, he drew back and plunged into the water. 
After this, 1 roufed up my fire, and kept a light 
during the remaining part of the night, being deter- 
mined not to be caught napping fb again: indeed the 
mufquitoes alone would have been abundantly fuffi- 
cient to keep any creature awake that po fife fled 
their perfect lenfes ; but I was overcome and ftu- 
pi fed with incefiant watching and labour. As foofi 
as I difcovered the ft ft figns of day-light, I arofe, 
got all my effects and implements on board, and fet 
fail, proceeding upwards, hoping to give the muf- 
quitoes the fup, who were now, by the cool morning 
dews and breezes driven to their flielter and hiding 
places. I was miftaken however in thefe conjec- 
tures, for great numbers of them, which had con- 
cealed themfelves in my boat, as foon as the fun 
arofe, began to revive, and fting me on my legs, 
which obliged me to land in order to get bullies to 
beat them out of their quarters. 
It is very pleafing to obferve the banks of the 
river, ornamented with hanging garlands, oom- 
p c fed of varieties of climbing vegetables, both 
fhrubs and plants, forming perpendicular green 
walls, with projecting jambr, piiafters, and deep 
apartment •, twenty or thirty feet high, and com- 
pletely covered with Glycine frutefcens, Glyc. apios, 
Yitis labrufca, Vitis vulpina, Rajana, Hedera quin-' 
quifolia, Hedera arborea, Eupatorium lean dens, 
Bignonia crucigera, and various fpecies of Convol- 
vulus, particularly an amazing tall climber of this 
v v " - genusj. 
