our selves; [Very near falling upon the wild People.] we had almost been discovered by the Women of these wild People, coming down, as I suppose, to wash themselves in the River.  Who being many of them, came talking and laughing together.  At the first hearing of the noise being a good distance, we marvailed what it was; sitting still and listning, it came nearer a little above where we sat; and at last we could plainly distinguish it to be the Voices of Women and Children.  Whereupon we thought it no boot to sit longer, since we could escape undiscovered, and so took up our Bags and fled as fast as we could.

[What kind of travelling they had.] Thus we kept travelling every day from Morning till Night, still along the River side, which turned and winded very crooked.  In some places it would be pretty good Travelling, and but few Bushes and Thorns, and in others a great many.  So that our Shoulders and Arms were all of a Gore, being grievously torn and scratched.  For we had nothing on us but a clout about our Middles, and our Victuals on our Shoulders, and in our hands a Tallipat and an Ax.

[Some account of this River.] The lower we came down this River, the less Water, so that sometimes we could go a Mile or two upon the Sand, and in some places three or four Rivers would all meet together.  When it happened so, and was Noon, the Sun over our head, and the Water not running, we could not tell which to follow, but were forced to stay till the Sun was fallen, thereby to judge of our course.  We often met with Bears, Hogs, Deer, and wild Buffaloes, but all ran so soon as they saw us.  But Elephants we met with no more than that I mentioned before.  The River is exceeding full of Aligators all a long as we went; the upper part of it nothing but Rocks.  Here and there by the side of this River is a World of [Ruins.] hewn Stone Pillars, standing upright, and other heaps of hewn Stones, which I suppose formerly were Buildings.  And in three or four places are the ruins of Bridges built of Stone; some Remains of them yet standing upon Stone Pillars.  In many places are Points built out into the River like Wharfs, all of hewn Stone; which I suppose have been built for Kings to sit upon for Pleasure.  For I cannot think they ever were employed for Traffick by Water; the River being so full of Rocks that Boats could never come up into it.

[The Woods hereabouts.] The Woods in all these Northern Parts are short and shrubbed, and so they are by the River side, and the lower the worse; and the Grounds so also.

[How they secured themselves a nights against wild Beasts.] In the Evenings we used to pitch our Tent, and make a great Fire both before and behind us, that the wild Beasts might have notice where we lay; and we used to hear the Voices of all sorts of them, but, thanks be to God, none ever came near to hurt us.  Yet we were the more wary of them, because once a Tiger shewed us a cheat.  For having bought a