sin TRAVELS in 
a little diftance from each other, he was pf^e^ 
fently awaked by the cries of his companion, 
Inftantly running to his affiftance, he found 
liim llruggling in the paws of a lion^ which 
he ftruck in the flank with his afTagay. The 
animal, finding himfelf wounded, then turned 
tipon him, and reduced him before he fied to 
the condition in which we faw him. 
This melancholy narrative grieved and ter~ 
fified nle $ and my diftrefs was rendered more 
acute by the reflexion, that I was myfelf the 
innocent caufe of their death by having ac- 
cepted their fervices. How much did I then 
lament, that I had no other affiftance to offer 
to thefe poor expiring wretches, than that of 
ending their fufferings by difpatching them on 
the fpot ! 
To this barbarous aftion, however, I felt, 
with regard to one of them, extreme repug- 
nance. 1 therefore tore my fliirt^ and made 
bandages of it, with which, in the bed man- 
ner I could, I bound tip the wounds of the 
dying Kaininouqua. I did the fame alfo to 
the arm of his comrade. But, as it would 
have been dangerous for us to remain too 
iong in a place fo near the horde, I thought it 
jf prudeni 
