...both being unable to cope with it, Evans came to our assistance notwithstanding which we were hard set to get down the neck and throat, for these were allotted...indulgence, for Lewis, ignorant of the ceremony of throwing a bone to the dog, though hungry dogs are generally nimble, the Indian, more nimble, laid hold of it...

...unable to cope with it, Evans came to our assistance notwithstanding which we were hard set to get clown the neck and throat, for these were allotted to us....indulgence, for Lewis, ignorant of the ceremony of throwing a bone to the dog, though hungry dogs are generally nimble, the Indian, more nimble, laid hold of it...

...both being unable to cope with it, Evans came to our assistance notwithstanding which we were hard set to get down the neck and throat, for these were allotted...indulgence, for Lewis, ignorant of the ceremony of throwing a bone to the dog, though hungry dogs are generally nimble, the Indian, more nimble, laid hold of it...

...both being unable to cope with it, Evans came to our assistance notwithstanding which we were hard set to get down the neck and throat, for these were allotted...indulgence, for Lewis, ignorant of the ceremony of throwing a bone to the dog, though hungry dogs are generally nimble, the Indian, more nimble, laid hold of it...

...to the slain deer. Bartram employs a circular syntax that captures these events in rapid sequence: For Lewis ignorant of the ceremony of throwing the bone to the dog, tho' hungry Dogs are generally nimble, the Indian more nimble, laid hold of it first, and committed...