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bourhood, either of thefe caufes obliges them 
to change their habitation ; but this ne- 
ceflary removal is always made with the 
greateft tranquillity, and without confufion, 
though with expedition. They firft fend 
off their flocks, and then place the old and 
infirm on the backs'of oxen; no perfon is 
left behind ; the valuable efFe£ls are before ; 
and all peaceably puffuing their journey, 
erefl huts, and eftablifh themfelves in the 
firft place that is fuitable to their manner of 
living, and to their wants. I have often 
met hordes who had been under the necef- 
fity of quitting their refidence for fome of 
the above reafons, and I always found that 
they were attended by the old and the fick. 
How often, by means of a few rolls of to- 
bacco, and more fo by a few glafles of brandy, 
which revived thefe poor favages, and bright- 
ened up their countenances with a fmile, 
have I enjoyed the fatisfadion of feeing 
them fhed tears of gratitude ! and when fe- 
parating from them, and purfuing my way, 
. I arrived the fame or next day at the fpot 
they had left, though I examined the whole 
neighbourhood with the greateft care, I 
found no traces of that infenfibility with 
which 
