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upon the coast, and I promised to comply with his 
request. 
After wishing my kind host good bye, and direct- 
ing Wylie to lead one of the horses in advance, I 
brought up the rear, driving the others before me. 
Once again we had a long and arduous journey 
before us, and were wending our lonely way through 
the unknown and untrodden wilds. We were, 
however, in very different circumstances now, to 
what we had been in previous to our meeting with 
the French ship. The respite we had had from our 
labours, and the generous living we had enjoyed, 
had rendered us comparatively fresh and strong. 
We had now with us an abundance, not only of the 
necessaries, but of the luxuries of life ; were better 
clothed, and provided against the inclemency of 
the weather than we had been ; and entered upon the 
continuation of our undertaking with a spirit, an 
energy, and a confidence, that we had long been 
strangers to. 
From the great additional weight we had now 
to carry upon the horses, we were again obliged to 
give up riding even in turn, and had both to walk. 
This was comparatively of little consequence, how- 
ever, now we were so well provided with every 
thing we could require, and the country appeared 
to be so well watered, that we could arrange our 
stages almost according to our own wishes. 
Steering to the north-west we passed over a sandy 
country, covered with low heathy plants, and grass- 
