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 other Volly larger than the firt, and ome of them attempted with Spears to tick me in the Sides; but, by good luck, I had on me a Buff Jerkin, which they could not pierce. I thought it the mot prudent Method to lie till, and my deign was to continue o till Night, when my left Hand being already looe, I could eaily free my elf: And as for the Inhabitants, I had reaon to believe I might be a match for the greatet Armies they could bring againt me, if they were all of the ame Size with him that I aw. But Fortune dipoed otherwie of me. When the People oberved I was quiet, they dicharged no more Arrows: But by the Noie I heard, I know their Numbers encreaed; and about four Yards from me, over-againt my right Ear, I heard a knocking for above an hour, like that of People at work; when turning my Head that way as well as the Pegs and Strings would permit me, I aw a Stage erected, about a foot and a half from the Ground, capable of hold-