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fifty miles inland, there cannot be the least doubt but that there are Inhabitants in interior parts of the Country.
Almost all the Men wanting the right front tooth in the upper Jaw (which is pulled out) & most of the Women, wanting the two first joints of the little finger on the left hand, are circumstances not observed in your voyage. I have seen a female Child of five years of Age that had lost the two Joints, & I have seen young Children whose fingers were perfect. I have likewise seen two Women with Child, & one old Woman who had not suffered the operation, so that it is not in my power at present, to say, at what Age it is performed, or on what account. We have unfortunately lost all our Cows & a party is just return'd after being out eight days, the say that the saw a very large Lake, or River, of fresh water &