Accidents > Dangers of the deep, or, Narratives of shipwreck and adventure at sea

INDIAN HOSPITALITY. 195
by no means pleasant to me ; I was, therefore,
determined to enjoy myself as long as they
were absent, and make the most of the good
fare I was possessed of; to the pleasure of
which I thought a little cleanliness might in
some measure contribute ; I therefore went
to a brook, and taking off my shirt, which
might be said to be alive with vermin, set
myself about to wash it; which having done
as well as I could, and hung on a bush to
dry, I heard a bustle about the wigwams;
and soon perceived that the women were pre¬
paring to depart, having stripped their wig¬
wams of their bark covering, and carried it
into their canoes. Putting on, therefore, my
shirt just as it was, I hastened to join them,
having a great desire of being present at one
of their fishing parties.
It was my lot to be put into the canoe with
my two patronesses, and some others who
assisted in rowing; we were in all four ca¬
noes. After rowing some time, they gained
such an offing as they required, where
the water was about eight or ten fathoms
deep, and there lay upon their oars. And
now the youngest of the two women, taking