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treme miftruft or unbounded confidence. Giv- 
ing himfelf up entirely to the one or the 
other, he admits no intermediate fhades in his 
intercourfe. Thofe cunning artifices which 
we terra prudence and circumfpedion are un- 
known to him. Thus he fliows himfelf ex- 
a£tly as he is ; fo that you cannot be miftaken 
in his condud, and aj-e warned to be on 
your guard, or invited to truft in him with 
fecurity. 
I propofed for the next day to hunt giraffes. 
All the horde joined in this diverfion, and were 
employed in driving the animals towards us. 
We were fo fortunate as to kill a female, which 
meafured in height about fourteen feet four 
inches [Englifh], and, according to the favages, 
it was one of the largeft fize. This female we 
fuppofed by the appearance of the teeth to be 
very old, and its colour accordingly approached 
very near that of the males. I was defirous 
of finding one with her foal, as perhaps I might 
have caught the young one alive ; and I was 
in hopes this would have had one in her womb, 
but my hopes were difappointed. 
In proportion as I drew near to my camp, I 
remembered the need I had of procuring oxen. 
This 
