to drink, as we did both hear and see, lying upon the banks with a fire by us. They came in such numbers, because there was water for them nowhere else to be had : the ponds and holes of water ; nay the river itself, in many places being dry. There was therefore no other way to be taken, but to…
Voyages and travels
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