of my hands, & with all the de-
fence I could make, was much
bit & swell’d with them. When
night came we got no relief, we took
up our quarters about sunset,
beside a small stream of good water
under the boughs of an oak &
erected fires in different places
around us in order to smoke them
off, but with all our defence we were
worried the whole night thro, so
that we slept but little; our horses,
as may readily be suppos’d, fared
no better, they would away out
to eating, & then in a little time
return trotting back to the fire,
& it was with difficulty we got
them saddled in the morning.
45 miles.

17th

Set off early this morning being