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kfs, they had expofed themfelves to great 
rifk ; and, if I had thought proper to puriiie 
them, I might have maffacred a great number, 
llils my people eagerly advifed. But of what 
advantage to me would a few murders have 
been ? I had regained pofTeffion of my herd, 
and perhaps too much blood had already been 
Ihed. If the return of dawn, therefore, gave 
nie pleafure, it was that it freed me from an 
attack which had occafioned fome uneafinefs, 
and permitted me to refume my journey. 
• My Hottentot bowmen employed them- 
felves in collecling the arrows. There w^as a 
confidcrable number, and they were alj- poi- 
foned. Three only had penetrated into my 
tent ; feventeen had pierced the canvafs, and 
ftill remained there ; all the reft were fcatter- 
ed around. One of my oxen, however, had 
received two wounds ; and as the w^ounds, 
though flight, muft have proved mortal ia 
confequence of the poifon, I ordered him to 
be killed and cut up immediately for our 
eating. 
Before we fet off, I was defirous that we 
fliould bury the corpfe of our unfortunate 
Kaminpuqpa, or at leaft cover it wdth fand and 
Y 3 ilone^; 
