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the foremofl horn, of which it had carried ofF above an 

 inch ; and this occafioncd a concuffion that had ftunned 

 him for a minute, till the bleeding had recovered him. I 

 preferved the horn from curiofity, and have it now by 

 me *. I faw evidently the ball had touched no other part 

 of the beaft. 



While we were bufy with the rhinoceros, Ammonios 

 joined us. A mefllige from the king had carried away 

 Azage Kyrillos the fecretary. Two other meffengers had 

 arrived from the queen, one to Ayto Confu, and another to 

 Ozoro Eilher ; and it was Ozoro Efther's commands to her 

 fon, to leave the hunting and return. There was no reme- 

 dy but to obey ; Ammonios, however, wanted to have his 

 part of the hunting ; and the country people told us, that 

 multitudes of buffaloes were to be found a little to the 

 weftward, where there were large trees and {landing pools 

 of water. We agreed then to hunt homeward, without be- 

 ing over-folicitous about returning early. 



We had not gone far before a wild boar arofc between 

 me and Ayto Engedan, which I immediately killed with my 

 javelin. Before he, on his horfe, came up to it, another of 

 its companions fliared the fame fate about a quarter of an 

 hour after. This was the fport I had been many years ufed 

 to in Barbary, and was infinitely more dextrous at it than 

 any of the prefent company; this put me more upon a par 

 with my companions, who had not failed to laugh at me, 

 upon my horfe's refufal to carry me near cither to the ele- 

 phant 



* See the ailiclc Rliiiioceros in the Appendix. 



