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Valour the utmoft aftlvity. Nimble as deer^ 
nothing can ftop their courfe ; neither excef- 
five fatigue, nor the longeft and mofl difficult 
journeys. I haVe often hunted in their com- 
pany ; and I always found them indefatigable 
and ready for every undertaking. But, not- 
withftanding all their ikiil and activity, they 
were never able to bring me within reach of 
a white zebra, nor of a particular kind of an-' , 
telope, w^hich I believe to have been a gnou, 
thcJugh it was larger than the gnous are in 
general. 
Thefe are the two fpecles of animals that are 
moft common in this part of the country. A 
great many rhinocerofes, and antelopes with- 
out number, are alfo to be feen ; but, whether 
it be owing to. the intenfe heat of the climate, 
to the place being unfultable to their nature, 
or rather to the want of food proper for them, 
no giraffes are any longer to be found in it. 
As the Kabobiquas poiTefs fo bold and re- 
folute a charader. One might be Induced to 
believe that they are ferocious and intraftable. 
Among all the African nations, however, which 
I have vifited, I never knew one that fo much 
practifed obedience and fubordination. 
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