N A R I A^TH V E O O F ■ A W
xto ihore, andTeiieVe'G&ptrikiOrfeipg,apaf the'^obiety fer-
» » Vied, Whb Kvifti Ms tried wds-'fhprodeeitvtb. .JL» Rochelle
in Patfltote^, tb ftr6ngthfe75tlbe • poe^s .alreadythere. & IB
waey’t&ife had S p S on.'pay fphits,
that I immediately ordered the CerbGirus town te tth e
mouth of the: GOTMoetihoGreCk, rwhei-e fhe; joined: me
that eVeriitig.
%nHW JizGthy !Weibid rSu&W(i pfecef*
and' ha^irig dbwW saii faai ,as
^arbatbC^i happens
ed,f Witich $ i # probably prove inS€«e- ©Mettaifsn&g. :tfc»Ste
thC rfep&ri&i'vhSbuhts of-fiCkrM's'feid5 dealfehw'i I
' Ks 'i&j bartad&kp between,<thb iPa*
ibiyiMs.of tripfe^er, abdiif'Katf m f beWee» 0©»moel-
tibo rind Batbacoeba, while -the Ghaton wasrfioating
downy the Tentinel • *cMie& to M#£feat she-' had jfeem&rid
Ch^oftgkdoffiefeMg’h l ^ k ^ 'ts^virig in Jthe :b®ofh-
Wobd on'the beach, 'which- gaye-fio^knfwer.; -but: which,
from its !fizfe>! he cdficluded muft be a <*maii. ||Dimmedi-
ately dropped anchor • -andh'aYihgmanned the '.canoe, ill
a s l Was, 1 -fftppe& bita .h,iand rowed ‘up rta/thenphce
incritiotied by “the ^ fentihbl.
to reconnoitre, as 1 fufpe£teddt :to.be(noorher:than"aneh
e f^ r» .
but one o f my ifeve&, 'Of %hb'hatne o f ! David, * declared. it
Was no negro, hut a large :amphibiOus'fhake, which could
not be far from the beach, dnd I might have an > topporr
turiity of (hooting it if I -pfeafed. To this, 'however, -1
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had, not the leaft inclination, from the uncommon lize of CH ap.
the creature, from m,y webkqefs, and the difficulty of get- VIL
tfmg through the thicket, which feemed impenetrable; to '
the water’s edge ;- apd therefore ordered all of them to
return on board. The negro then afked; me liberty to
. Rep forward)an4,fho@t it himfelf, affuring me it could
.. PQt b? :at any, great difiance, and- warranting me. againft
al> dan^Jtfi; This ^eiplarmmn infpifed me with fo much
'p#deiapdprpdari©®, that; I determined to take hisifirft
^dvicey and ikilljg myfeM^ prbvided he* would point it out
tdmey and be- refpanfiMe:f0r;the;hazard, by handing at
my; fide, from iwhieh I fwore that if he dared to move, I
fhould leyOl the piece'at himfelfy and blow out his own
brainsMu
ci /Tft .this the. negro cheerfull^agreed; and having loaded
my gun with a baBtca^tridgey we proceeded; David cutting
japatb With a bill-fhodk, and. a marine tfollowing, with
three, imore loaded ;fire*lo.fcks: to keep in readinefs. We had
jap&gope .abdve twenty Halids through mud and water, the
an uncommon degree of
vivacity and attention; when ftarting behind me, he called
out, “ Me.fee fnakee !” and iri.effe<ft there lay the animal,
rolled up under the fallen leaves|and rubbifh of the trees;
and fd jwph covered, that it was fome time before I dif-
tindtly perceived the head of this monfter, ditfant from
me not above fixteesn feet, moving its forked tongue,
While its eyes, 1 from their uncommon brightnefs, appeared
to emit fparks of fire. I now, refting my piece
VoL- h Z a upon