^14 TRAVELS IN 
I foon perceived the favages defcendlng the 
back of the hill, and endeavouring to reach a 
plain, in which was a wood. On feeing us^ 
they redoubled their fpeed, and difappeared a 
feeond time : but thofe who drove the cattle, 
tinable to make them proceed as faft as they 
wifhed, on account of the defcent, and find- 
ing themfelves in danger of being furrounded, 
quitted the herd^ and ran to join their com- 
rades* 
Their flight was accelerated by the arrival of 
my three markfmen, who came ^ear enough to 
fire at and kill one of them. In the mean time 
I arrived with Klaas by the other rout^ of the 
circle, and thus we got poffefTion of the cattle. 
It was neverthelefs pollible, that the fugi- 
tives, recovering from their firft furprife, 
might be aftamed of having fled before a few 
men, whom they twenty times out-numbered, 
and return to attack us in force. Befides, if they 
wanted courage, they were not unfl<:illed in 
wiles and fljatagems; and they might thereby 
harafs our retreat, and gradually deprive us of 
the fruit of our viftory. Without a moment's 
delay, therefore, I pofted two men on the hill 
to watch their movements, and obferve whe- 
ther 
