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parts. Ridiculous enumerations ! which fhew 
.as Uttle the variety of the fpecles, as the dif- 
ference of their charaders. 
In returning from the neft to our camp, my 
dogs ftarted a hare, and fet out in purfuit of 
it ; upon which I galloped after them, and faw 
it take fhelter in the cavities of a fmall barrow, 
which happened to be in the way. After fome 
fearch I at length difcovered the precife place of 
its retreat ; and having flopped up the mouth 
of the hole it had entered, I pulled down the 
ftones and the gravel which compofed this 
fmall eminence ; but I could fcarcely defcribe 
my aftonifliment when I perceived that it was 
a Hottentot tomb. I however found the hare 
fquatted down among fome bones, and feizing 
it alive I carried it along with me. My dogs 
being engaged elfewhere, in a fpot where they 
could not obferve me, through an emotion of 
generofity, and as if difdaining to put this 
feeble animal to death except with the arms I 
ufually employed in hunting, I fet it at liber- 
ty. This adtion was afcribed by my people 
to a motive which raifed me very high in their 
efteem, and I was extremely cautious not to 
undeceive them. They believed, and with 
the utmoft fatisfadion, that I had fuiFered 
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