'tis a Notion commonly receiv'd with us, That
nothing can receive a Wound in the Heart, and live: But when the Heart
of this courageous Animal was taken out, there were seven Bullets of
Lead in it, the Wound seam'd up with great Scars, and she liv'd with the
Bullets a great While, for it was long since they were shot: This Heart
the Conqueror brought up to us, and 'twas a very great Curiosity, which
all the Country came to see; and which gave _Caesar_ Occasion of many
fine Discourses of Accidents in War, and strange Escapes.

At other times he would go a Fishing; and discoursing on that Diversion,
he found we had in that Country a very strange Fish, call'd a
_Numb-Eel_, (an _Eel_ of which I have eaten) that while it is alive, it
has a Quality so cold, that those who are angling, tho' with a Line of
ever so great a Length, with a Rod at the End of it, it shall in the
same Minute the Bait is touch'd by this _Eel_, seize him or her that
holds the Rod with a Numbness, that shall deprive 'em of Sense for a
While; and some have fallen into the Water, and others drop'd, as dead,
on the Banks of the Rivers where they stood, as soon as this Fish
touches the Bait. _Caesar_ us'd to laugh at this, and believ'd it
impossible a Man could lose his Force at the Touch of a Fish; and could
not understand that Philosophy, that a cold Quality should be of that
Nature; however, he had a great Curiosity to try whether it would have
the same Effect on him it had on others, and often try'd, but in vain.
At last, the sought-for Fish came to the Bait, as he stood angling on
the Bank; and instead of throwing away the Rod, or giving it a sudden
Twitch out of the Water, whereby he might have caught both the _Eel_,
and have dismiss'd the Rod, before it could have too much Power over
him; for Experiment-sake, he grasp'd it but the harder, and fainting,
fell into the River; and being still possess'd of the Rod, the Tide
carry'd him, senseless as he was, a great Way, till an _Indian_ Boat
took him up; and perceiv'd, when they touch'd him, a Numbness seize
them, and by that knew the Rod was in his Hand; which with a Paddle,
(that is a short Oar) they struck away, and snatch'd it into the Boat,
_Eel_ and all. If _Caesar_ was almost dead, with the Effect of this Fish,
he was more so with that of the Water, where he had remain'd the Space
of going a League, and they found they had much ado to bring him back to
Life; but at last they did, and brought him ho