3o8 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



keenly for more game. Ammonios was on the left among- 

 the buflies, and fome large, beautiful, tall fpreading-trees, 

 clofe on the banks of the river Bedov/i, which ftands there 

 in pools. Whether the buffalo found Ammonios, or Am- 

 monios the buffalo, is what we could never get him to ex- 

 plain to VIS ; but he had wounded the beafl: flightly in the 

 buttock, which, in return, had gored his horfe, and thrown 

 both him and it to the ground. Luckily, however, his 

 cloak had fallen off, which the buffalo tore in pieces, and 

 employed himfelf for a minute with that and with the 

 horfe, but then left them, and followed the man as foon as 

 he faw him rife and run. Ammonios got behind one large 

 tree, and from that to another ftill larger. 7 he buffalo 

 turned very aukvv^ardly, but kept clofe in purfuit; and there 

 was no doubt he would have worn our friend out, who was 

 not ufed to fuch quick motion. Ayto Engedan, who was 

 near him, and might have affiUed him, was laughing, ready 

 to die at the droll figure a man of Ammonios's grave car- 

 riage made, running and fkipping aboiu naked, with at 

 fwiftnefs he had never pradtifed all his life before ; and En- 

 gedan continued calling to Confu to partake of the diver- 

 lion. 



The moment I heard his repeated cries, I galloped our. 

 of the buflies to the place where he was, and could noG 

 help laughing at the ridiculous figure of our friend, very 

 attentive to the beaiVs motions, which feemed to dodge with 

 great addrefs, and keep to his a<lverlary with the utmoil 

 obftinacy. As foon as Engedan faw me, he cried, " Yagoube!.' 

 for the love of Chrifi. ! for the love of the bleffed Virgin! 

 don't interfere till Confu comes up." Confu immediately 

 a.rrivcd,;and laughed more than Engedan, but did not of- 

 fer 



