THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, 79 
AT length four Moors, one of them a fervant of Yafine, 
with one firelock, were fent down after the affes; and the 
men were ordered to fire at a diftance, fo as to be heard in ~ 
cafe any thing difhoneft was offered on the part of the Ha- 
zorta... But luckily the appetite of the affes returning, they 
had fallen to eat the bufhes, about half way to Lila, where 
they were found a little before fun-fet. 
Tue number of hyenas that are everywhere among the 
bufhes, had, as we fuppofed, been feen by thefe animals, 
and had driven them all into a body. It was probable that 
this, too, made them more docile, fo that they fuffered 
themfelves to be driven on before their mafters. The hyzx- 
nas, however, followed them ftep by ftep, always increafing” 
in number; and, the men, armed only with lances, began to: 
be fully as much afraid for themfelves as for the affes. At laft 
the hyenas became fo bold, that one of them feized the afs 
belonging to the poor Moor, whofe cargo was yet lying at 
the foot of Taranta, and pulled him down, though the 
man ran to him and relieved him with lances. This 
would have begun a general engagement with the hyenas,. 
had not Yafine’s man that carried the firelock difcharged: 
it amongft them, but miffed them all. However, it anfwer- 
ed the purpofe ; they difappeared, and left the afles and afs- 
drivers to purfue their way. : 
Tue fhot, for a moment, alarmed us all upon the moun- 
tain. Every man ran to his arms to prepare for the coming” 
of the Hazorta; but a moment’s reflection upon the fhort 
‘time the men had been away, the diftance between us and 
Tubbo, and the {mall {pace that it feemed to be from where 
the gun was fired, made us all conclude the man had only in- 
: | tended. 
