CHAPTER XXXII.
_The Baron harangues the company, and they continue the pursuit--The Baron, wandering from his retinue, is taken by the savages, scalped, and tied to a stake to be roasted; but he contrives to extricate himself, and kills the savages--The Baron travels overland through the forests of North America, to the confines of Russia--Arrives at the castle of the Nareskin Rowskimowmowsky, and gallops into the kingdom of Loggerheads--A battle, in which the Baron fights the Nareskin in single combat, and generously gives him his life--Arrives at the Friendly Islands, and discourses with Omai--The Baron, with all his attendants, goes from Otaheite to the isthmus of Darien, and having cut a canal across the isthmus, returns to England._ "My friends, and very learned and profound Judiciarii," said I, "be not disheartened that Wauwau has escaped from you at present: persevere, and we shall yet succeed.

You should never despair, Munchausen being your general; and therefore be brave, be courageous, and fortune shall second your endeavours.

Let us advance undaunted in pursuit, and follow the fierce Wauwau even three times round the globe, until we entrap her." My words filled them with confidence and valour, and they unanimously agreed to continue the chase.

We penetrated the frightful deserts and gloomy woods of America, beyond the source of the Ohio, through countries utterly unknown before.

I frequently took the diversion of shooting in the woods, and one day that I happened with three attendants to wander far from our troop, we were suddenly set upon by a number of savages.