AFRICA. ii 
his fhot-bag a few grains of lead, and, having 
fhown them to the three men, immediately 
fwallbwed them. This conclufive proof, which 
I had never tliought cf, produced a moft won- 
derful efFea. Their cries inftantly ceafed ; 
ferenity again appeared in their faces; and their 
Wounds were no more mentioned. 
I was, however, apprehenfive that the hotde 
rfiight ftill harbour in their minds fome feeds 
of fufpicion and animofity : but, When they 
faw the wounded men walk as ufual, and feem- 
ihgly well, they laughed at the whole adven- 
ture ; and it produced no other efFe£t than that 
of infpiring them with a dread of fire-arms, 
which notie of them afterwards would ven- 
ture to touch. 
In the evening, when my fires were kindled, 
every body came to form a circle around them, 
and to dance according to cuftbm. The whole 
convcrfation^ if that term can be given to the 
tumultuous clamour of a multitude who fpoke- 
fix different languages, was engroffed by the 
accident of the morningi 
It amufed me much, though I uriderftood 
nothing of it. I heard only the word kaabotip 
pronounced by every mouths This was the 
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