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fables, and (hall return, therefore, to my Ka- 
boblquas. 
Having procured every information in my 
power refpeding thefc people, and added to 
my colledion the birds found in their diftrld, 
I v^^as unwilling any longer to fatigue my 
horfes in purfuing, to no purpofe, animals 
which would not fuffer; me to approach 
them. I refolved, therefore, to quit the horde^. 
and to vifit another, eftabliihed at the diftance 
of a long day's journey to the north-weft* 
The chief gave me guides to accompany me 
thither ; and on the gth of February we re- 
fumed our march. 
We purfued our way for fome time along 
very narrow paths, which however, in all 
probability, • fhortened our route ; and at 
length, at the end of a defile, we difcovered 
a plain which, extending towards the weft, 
was bounded on the horizon by lofty moun- 
tains, the bottoms of which were covered with 
wood. 
The verdure of thefe forefts gave me rea- 
fon to fuppofe that they were watered by 
fome river ; and they reminded me of the de- 
lightful 
