?s?___s.. listening attentively it was again heard. It was A?g. 5. now our firm opiaion that we had landed in the ?iclnity of another tribe, who, upon seeing our fire had alarmed their companions. The musquets were thersfor? placed in readi- ness, and a watch set to give our party warning if they approached. In the middle of the 'night. the noise was again heard, but, upon being re-' peated seveial times, it was discovered that we had been J deceived .by the screams of a bird, whose note exactly resembled the' human cry. Our fears of being attacked by the natives. beihg now dispelled, our party composed themselves again to rest? but without obtaining any sleep, in consequence of the immense'swarms of mos- quitoes,'which buzzing about in incredible n?m- bets were not to be kept from stinging us by a?y measures we could devise. The tent was very soon deserted, and many other places were tried in vain; the only method at all successful, by which some respite was obtained, was by lying upon the ground within two feet of the blaze of the fire; the heat and smoke of which, with the danger of our clothes catching fire, were insignificant inconveniences compared with the mosquitoes' stings; and those only who placed themselves in this situation, obtained a few hours' 6. sleep. At daylight, bogrimed with dirt and
