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THE TRAVELS OF
We went with him into his dwelling, which was one of the neateſt I have; ever ſeen; it was quite ſquare, and meaſured from, one angle to the other, not more than five yards: it roſe to a great height like a ſteeple, and the top was flat, encompaſſed with battlements, to which he ſometimes aſcended by a long ladder. At certain hours in the day, he ſtretched in a lifeleſs manner on; the ſkin of ſame wild animal, not unlike a lion's, enjoying the pleaſure of reading ſome fayourite author. In one corner of the houſe, he kept a continual fire, made on a ſmall ſpace between three bricks, on which he dreſſed his food that; conſiſted moſtly of rice, and the fruits of his garden; but whatever
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