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a ruftling was heard among the trees! i^h! there ^they cried j is the fon of the murderer! the found of his feet is heard!

8. Again they hear the terrific yell! the hair of their fiefli flood up! they made rea- dy the inftruments of death! they prepared to meet the dreadful foe!

9. The lamps* of midnight marked out a path for their feet — they journeyed for- wards with fear! and the terrors of the night environed them round about!

10. They rejoiced at the dawning of the day! they had longed for it more than for hidden treafure! and when the fun arofe, they were an hungred.

11. A tablet was fpread for them in the wildernefs! the fruit of the bramble fuflain- ed them! until thty arrived in fafety to the encampaient of their brethren, befide Still* Water.l

X The proper name of the place.
 * The ftirs f They breakfaded on black berries.