NORTH AMERICA. 
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numerous iilands, which occafioned the voyage to 
be very troublefome, as moil of the horfes were 
lately taken wild out of their ranges, and many of 
them young and untutored. Being under the need- 
fity of paffing near the points of the iilands, they 
grew reillefs and impatient to land;, and it was with 
great difficulty we kept them on board ; and at lafh, 
when within a quarter of a mile of the oppofite 
fhore, paffing between two ifiands, the horfes be- 
came ungovernable, and moil of them plunged into 
the river and forced overboard one of our people, 
I being a pretty good fwimmer, in the mid ft of tire 
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 fa fe on one of 
the iilands, about one hundred and fifty yards dif- 
tance, and the flat followed us. After a deal of 
trouble and 1 is of time, we got the horfes again 
into the fcow, where fecuring 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 vifit to a plantation on the 
river, fix or eight miles diftance. On the way thither 
we difcovered a bee tree, which we cut down, and 
regaled ourfelves on the delicious honey ; leaving 
one of our companions to proted: the remainder 
until our return with a tub, to colled; it and carry it 
with us; and in the evening we all returned fafe 
with our fweet booty to the trading-houfe. 
The veffel being loaded and ready to depart, I 
got all my coileddons on board. My trufty and 
fortunate bark I prefented to the old interpreter. 
Job Wiggens* often my travelling companion. 
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