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57 plants, coming in contact with force sufficient to take off a limb,—he would leepleap [sic] from them in a contrary direction, crying "Lord have mercy upon me," and alight, perhaps, close to another, and then leap again in an horizontal direction, praying to the Lord to save him. He was in perils with wild beasts, the hissing serpent was his companion, the croaking of the owl was familiar to his ear, the howling of the wolf, &c.; all these dangers did not make him afraid, for he felt the protecting arm of the Lord, who sways the universal sceptre, and holds the hearts of kings in His hands.

Winter came on before his arrival in Canada, and food was quite hard to get. Being some four days with-without anything to eat, he was fatigued and discouraged; almost exhausted, feet frost-bitten and swollen, starvation gazing him in the face,—the pelting rain from the watery clouds he was familiar with. But hunger was preying upon his constitution, stealing his strength, weakening his muscles; he occasionally resolved to give himself up, and tell the people he was a runaway Slave, from pure necessity. One source yet remained, to appeal to Almighty God. In the dense forest he bowed down on a log of wood, and, in his simple and childlike manner, informed his God of his condition, saying, "O Lord! you fed the Prophet by the raven, now feed me, if you don't I shall surely die; you gave the