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might otherwife be left in them. In this, there- 
fore, we did not find a fmgle drop. 
After we had refted, we refumed our march, 
following their track, both with a view that 
they might not exhaufl the other refervoirs, 
which we knew we fhould foon ftand in need 
of, and that w^e might, if poffible, kill fomc 
of them. Towards evening we came up with 
them, at the diftance of five leagues farther on 
the banks of the river ; and as the bufhes with 
which the country was covered retarded their 
progrefs, and concealed us from their fight, 
we were able, by the affiftance of our dogs, to 
approach them, and to kill two. 
They v/ere in nothing different from the 
other buffaloes which I had met with in the 
caftern part of Africa, except that they were 
of a monftrous fize. In no part had I ever 
feen any equal to them. 
Two animals of fuch a bulk enfured pro^ 
vlfions in abundance for my whole company ; 
but, as the cutting them up would require an 
entire day, I deferred that labour till the next 
: morning. At break of day my people began 
their work ; and, in the mean time, that I 
might conciliate the frlendfiiip of the Koraquas, 
whofc 
