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I haflened towards him, as foori as I obferved 
the accident, and, finding him motionlefs, ima- 
gined he was dead ; but, on patting foine vo- 
Jatile alkali to his nofe, his fenfes returned; 
and, as he was now in a fliir way of recovery, 
J left him to run after his horfe ; and having 
caught it we rejoined our caravan. 
An accident, but of a different kind, had 
happened among the reft of my company, 
Tw^o women, exhaufted by fatigue and the 
heat, had been taken ill 5 and it was found 
neceflary to place them upon the oxen which 
I kept for that purpofe, and which followed 
us in relays. 
Though we had advanced but a little way, 
my colonial Hottentots were already quite 
worn out. Accuftomed to the temperate cli- 
mate of the Cape, thefe men, naturally indolent 
and timid, were unable to fupport the fcorch- 
ingheat of the torrid zone to which we were 
approaching. Thofe who during my firft 
journey had, w^hen circurnftances required, 
fuftained marches of twelve hours, found them- 
felves now fo languid and weak after one of 
half the time, that they were not capable of 
advancing a ftep farther. They faw me ex- 
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