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totiimanding him, I ftooped forward ever his 
heck, and erideavbiired to guide him, by par- 
ting him with riiy hand. But to fwim as I 
wiflied him required ftrength, arid of this his 
journey had totally deprived him 5 fo that he 
drove with the current for movt than a quartet 
of an hour, without making any effort but what 
ivas abfolutelyneceffary to keep him above water. 
Luckily for me, the current, by l^^hich we 
were in danger of drowning, drove him to the 
bank, but fo exhaufted with fatigiie that he 
could riot ftand. My people, who rati to riiy 
affiftance, endeavoured in vain to fet him upon 
his feet : all their efforts were to no piirpofe ; 
he was perfectly unable to rife, and abfolutely 
lay on the place the remainder of the day and 
M the night. 
To allow him the mote iirrie to recover, T 
did not fet off till late in the morning. We 
again followed the track of our cattle, which led 
lis eaftward for four leagues, when we fell into 
a path that conduded to the horde. In this 
path terminated the footfteps of our oxen, all 
bf which had affembled together ^in this place; 
fo that we had no doubt but the people of this 
horde were the robbers. 
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