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lays ; and at the fame time I was certam of 
every where finding fuch as I had occafion 
for. 
In confequence of my plan to vifit the 
Houzouanas, I had ftill a third trial to make- 
As none of the Sandal -bearers would ferve me 
as guides, the means in w^hich I confidedj and 
which had hitherto fuceeeded, of keeping up a 
communication from one hord^ to another 
fuddenly failed me. Their refufal interrupted 
the chain of my correfpondence ; and I waSr 
obliged to devife fome method of fupplying 
this want, and of re-eftablifhing it myfelL If 
I fhould be able to make my way without 
them to the people whom they liad painted 
to me in colours fo black, and if I fhould 
fucceed in conciliating their friendfhip, I had 
nothing more to fear : there was no nation 
with which I might not hope to become ac- 
quainted ; ^nd the end and objed of my 
journey would thus be prevloufly enfured. 
My excurfion to the Houzouanas, however, 
could be only of (liort duration; and it was even 
l)ecomc impoffible for me to proceed beyond that 
nation. As I had propofed to quit my camp at 
Orange-Rivsr but for a few months, I had taken 
with 
