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keenly for more game. Ammonios was on the left among 
the bufhes, and fome large, beautiful, tall fpreading-trees, 
clofe on the banks of the river Bedowi, 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 us; but he had wounded the beaft 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 fill larger. The buffalo 
turned very aukwardly, 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 affifted him, was laughing, ready 
to die at the droll figure a man of Ammonios’s grave car- 
riage made, running and fkipping about naked, with 2 
fwiftnefs he had never practifed all his life before ; and En- 
gedan continued calling to Confu to partake of the diver~ 
fron. 
Tue moment J} heard his repeated cries, I galloped out 
ef the bufhes to the place where he was, and could not 
help laughing at the ridiculous figure of our friend, very 
attentive to the beaft’s motions, which feemed to dodge with 
great addrefs, and keep to his adverfary with the utmoft 
obftinacy. As foon as Engedan faw me, he cried, “ Yagoube? 
for the love of Chrift! for the love of the bleffed Virgin! 
don’t interfere till Confu comes up.” Confu immediately 
arrived, and laughed more than Engedan, but did not of- 
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