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ftantly ruflied forwards to drag him from It. 
I mention this circumftance, which to many- 
readers may appear trifling, merely for the 
purpofe of eftabllfhing a fa£l which I have 
been eye-wltnefs of in Africa : as foon as 
an over-heated dog plunges Into the water to 
cool himfelf, he expires, unlefs fpeedy af- 
fiftance be given him. In a hunting excur- 
ficn I had with Mr. Boers, a large grey- 
hound, which had got about an hundred 
paces before his carriage, having thrown 
himfeli into a rivulet that lay in our way, 
was found dead when we came up to him. 
Scarcely had we encamped and refreflied 
ourfelves a little, when 1 difpatched fome 
Hottentots to make difcoveries, efpeclally In 
that quarter from V\^hich we had been princi- 
pally difturbed during the night. In lefs 
than an hour I heard from this detachment; 
for one of my people came back In great 
hade to tell me, that he had perceived a 
body of CafFres in full march ; and having 
conduced me and Hans by leveral wind- 
ings, he at length brought us to a Ipot where 
we had an opportunity of judging for our- 
felves. We indeed faw ten men, who were 
quietly driving before them a few horned 
cattle i 
