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mind. My books having been destroy¬ 
ed from a superstitious notion of their 
possessing some supernatural power, I 
was left to brood over my situation un¬ 
pitied and alone. 
Sometime in July, as I judged, Luck- 
zair, son-in-law to my master, Ludjuan , 
came from a distant part of the groupe, 
on a visit, and during the week he re¬ 
mained with us, we became much at¬ 
tached to each other. When he told 
me, that on his return he should pass 
near the place where Hussey lived, my 
anxiety to accompany him thus far, was 
so great, that after much persuasion, 
Jjudjmn gave his consent for me to go. 
On our way we stopped at the tent, and 
I procured for the last time, a small 
quantity of the ship's provisions, although 
the meat was some of it in a very de¬ 
cayed state. 
In consequence of head winds, we 
were compelled to stop for the night 
upon a small Island, where we found 
an uninhabited hut ; and after cool ing 
some meat, and baking some wet flour 
