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The poor beaft made a fad figure, cut iu the fides to pieces, 

 and bleeding at the jaws ; and the feis, the rafcal that put 

 me up m him, being there when I difmounted, he held up 

 his hands upon feeing the horfe fo mangled, and began to 

 teftify great furprife upon the fuppoled harm I had done. 

 I took no notice of this, only laid, Carry that horfe to your 

 mailer; he may venture to ride him now* which is more 

 than either he or you dared to have done in the morn- 

 ing. 



As my own horfe was bridled and faddled, and 1 found 

 myfelf violently irritated, I refolved to ride to compofe ray- 

 felf a little before another interview, for I thought this laft 

 piece of treachery, that might have coll me my legs and 

 arms, was worfe than what pa fled in the tent the night be- 

 fore ; it feemed to be aimed at my life, and to put- a very ef- 

 fectual itop to the continuing my journey. My fervant had 

 in his hand a fhort double-barrelled gun loaded with fhot 

 for killing any uncommon bird we might fee by the way. 

 I took the gun and my horfe, and went up the fide of the 

 green hill about half way, in fair view of the camp, and 

 conuderably above it, I galloped, trotted, and made my horfe 

 perform every thing he was capable of. He was excellent 

 in his movements, and very fufficiently trained ; this the 

 Galla beheld at once with aftonifhment and pleai'ure ; they 

 are naturally fond of horles, fufficiently perfect in the ufe- 

 ful part of horfemanfhip, to be fenfible of the beauty of the 

 ornamental. 



There was then, as there always is, a vaft number of kites 

 following the camp, which are quite familiar and live up-, 

 on the carrion ; choofmg two gliding near me, I fhot lirft 



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