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Cave where they reposited their Winter's Store, which consisted in Abundance of different Sorts of fine Fruits, which were laid upon broad dry Leaves spread over a Moss. One of them presented me with a Bunch of Raisins, and another with some other choice Fruits, till I had eaten plentifully: This was my daily Entertainment for many Days, till I one Day found by chance a kind of Grain, not unlike Pease, which I dried, and pounding it between two Stones, I mixed it with Water, then I moulded it into a thin Cake, and bak'd it in the Sun. This I used for Bread, neither was it unpleasant, and eat it with the Flesh of some small Animals common among them, after I had dried it by the Sun. After every Meal I made, I had a Collation of fine Fruit brought me, and might have lived entirely upon it, had I not feared that it would not agree well with my Constitution, and perhaps breed a Famine among those that were so kind to me.
By Degrees I came to know the Names of several Things in their Language, and could salute those that I met, and in a little Time was able to converse with them. The only Fault that I could find with them, was, that they were too talkative, like Women, constantly asking impertinent Questions. They lived under a Monarchial Government, and observed a lineal Succession. They had certain Festivals in Honour of their King, which they celebrated by regular Flights in the Air, and Songs in the Praise of their Monarch; but those Festivals were attended generally with a great Slaughter of them, occasion'd by some Birds of Prey that used to watch this Opportunity to destroy them, and plunder their Fruits. They complained to me of this Calamity, and asked if I could provide a Remedy against it. I asked in what Manner they attack'd them; and was told, that they pursued them whither soever theyfled,
