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tliemfelves in the diredrbn of the wind, ia 
order that they may difcover by their fmell 
what enemies they have to dread. From time 
to time, however, they move their heads round 
to take a look behind them, and to be affured 
that they are fafe on all fides ; but it is only 
a look, and they foon return to their former 
pofition. 
We were already deliberating on the difpo- 
fitions to be made for commencing the attack, 
and I was giving fome orders to my company, 
when Jonker, one of my Hottentots, requefted 
that I would permit him to attack the two ani- 
jnals alone, as a bekruyper^ 
My readers will here recollefl:, that, when I 
fooliihly attempted to crofs the Elephants- 
River, near its mouth, .on the trunk of a tree, 
Jonker was one of the fwimmers who faved 
my life ; and that in return, at the defire of his 
companions, I raifed him to the rank of hun- 
ter. At that time he was entirely a novice in 
this exercife ; but I have already remarked, 
that he afterwards became a moft excellent 
fhot, and furpafied all the reft of my hunters, 
particularly in the art of cre^p'mg. 
\ have before obferved, that hunting in 
Africa 
