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tinued my excurfion* Scarcely however had 
I proceeded fifty paces, when my hunter, who 
had remained with him a few minutes to light 
his pipe, and put an end to his converfation, 
called out to me with a loud voice. Terrified 
by his bawling, I inftantly returned, and, when 
I came up to him, I found that he was attack- 
ed by the treacherous Bofliman, who, with an 
arrow in his hand, was attempting to wound 
him in the head. Seeing the vifage of my 
poor Hottentot already covered over with 
blood, in a tranfport of rage I leaped from my 
horfe, and feizing my fufee and dlfcharging it 
at his breaft, the traitor was fl:unned and in- 
ftantly dropped, while my Hottentot in the 
excefs of his fury collected his arms, and put 
an end to the life of his formidable adverfary 
by treading on him with his feet. Alarmed 
at his wound, he expeCted every moment to 
perilh by the efFeCt of the poifon ; for the 
rafcal had difcharged an arrow at him the 
moment they had feparated. The wound^ 
which was exadly above the nofe, appeared 
to me more dangerous on that account, but 
luckily it was very flight ; he had been only 
touched by the edge of the iron head, which 
is uever polfoaed. Having wafhed the wound 
with 
