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not fail to dlreft their courfe towards us, as he 
had forefeen. As the fituation we had taken 
did not permit them to fee us, they were not 
ftartled, but proceeded forwards without alter- 
ing their diredlon ; when about two thoufand 
of them, however, had paffed us, he rofe up, 
began to difcharge his arrows, and defired me 
to fire at the fame time, 
I was fully fenfible that, when the herd was 
once put in motion, the antelopes in the rear 
would follow the reft ; and that, during the 
imprefEon of their fear which made them fly, 
and throw themfelves in crowds towards us, 
they would not be able to perceive us. I faw 
alfo that the favages, by difpatching them 
filently with their arrows, ran no riik of fear- 
ing them ; but I was apprehenfive that, if I 
fired my fufee, the explofion might fpread 
terror among them, and that they would theu 
return the way they had come. 
■ My apprehenfions, though founded in rea- 
fon, were not verified. I fired repeatedly 
in all diredions, but the column continued 
to advance as before ; and fear produced on 
their (heepifh inftind no other effed than that 
of making them move on fafter. 
J frequently poured the contents of my fufee 
into 
