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Witli regard to giraffes, none now exift 
m this diftrid:, or in thofe I had quitted. A 
-few old men, however^ affured me that in their 
youtk they had feen fome here; and, from the 
defcription they gave of them, it appeared as 
if they fpoke truth. I do not know why the 
cafe is different at prefent; but I conclude from 
the cirGumftance, that, if there are animals 
whicli occupy a great latitude of country, 
there are others that can live only in a very 
narrow zone. 
What principally engag^^d the attention of 
my Kabobiqua horde was a dread of the Rou- 
zouanas. From morning to night I heard them 
pronounce nothing but the word Houzouana. 
If they defired my interpreters to fay any thing 
to me, it always related to the hoftiiities or 
robberies of thefe people. 
That adtive nation, more dreaded than thev 
ought to be, had an eftablifliment at the dif- 
tance of about twenty leagues towards the 
north, and occupied a chain of mountains ex- 
tending from notth to eaft. As the barrennefs 
of the foil which they poffeffed prevented 
them from forming regular and numerous 
hordes, they divided themfelves into final I 
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