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which I had got made on purpose, and at six o’clock 
in the morning shaped our course for the river 
Essequibo. I had put a pair of shoes on to prevent 
the tar at the bottom of the canoe from sticking to my 
feet. The sun was flaming hot, and from eleven 
o’clock till two beat perpendicularly upon the top of 
my feet, betwixt the shoes and the trowsers. Not 
feeling it disagreeable, or being in the least aw T are of 
painful consequences, as I had been barefoot for 
months, I neglected to put on a pair of short stock¬ 
ings which I had w r ith me. I did not reflect, that 
sitting still in one place, w r ith your feet exposed to 
the sun, w r as very different from being exposed to 
the sun while in motion. 
We went ashore in the Essequibo, about three 
o’clock in the afternoon, to choose a place for the 
night’s residence, to collect fire-wood, and to set the 
fish-hooks. It was then that I first began to find mv 
legs very painful: they soon became much inflamed 
and red and blistered; and it required considerable 
caution not to burst the blisters, otherwise sores 
would have ensued. I immediately got into the 
hammock, and there passed a painful and sleepless 
night, and for two days after, I was disabled from 
walking. 
About midnight, as I was lying awake, and in 
great pain, I heard the Indian say, “ Massa, massa, 
you no hear tiger?” I listened attentively, and 
heard the softly sounding tread of his feet as he 
approached us. The moon had gone down; but 
every now and then we could get a glance of him by 
THIRD 
JOURNEY. 
Suffers 
much 
pain in 
the feet 
from 
excessive 
heat. 
Visited 
in the 
night by 
a Jaguar 
Tiger. 
