Perils and Captivity Comprising The sufferings of the Picard family after the shipwreck of the Medusa, in the year 1816; Narrative of the captivity of M. de Brisson, in the year 1785; Voyage of Madame Godin along the river of the Amazons, in the year 1770.

CHAPTER XIV.

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The Picard Family, tormented by the Musquitoes, the Serpents, and Tigers, determine to remove their Cottage to the Banks of the River--The Poultry is discovered by the wild Beasts--Miserable Existence of that Family--Humiliations which it suffered--Their Cottage is overturned by a Tempest--The labouring Negroes form a Scheme to desert 140