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the foremoft horn, of which it had carried off above an 
inich ; and this occafioned a concuffion that had ftunned 
him for a minute, till the bleeding had recgvered 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.. ) ee ty at 
WuiLe we were bufy with the rhinoceros, Ammonios- 
joined us. A meflage 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 Efther; 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 
weltward, where there were large trees and ftanding 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 arofe 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 fhared the fame fate about a quarter of an 
hour after. This was the {port 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 either to the ele- 
phane ” 
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* See the article Rhinoceros in the Appendix. 
