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The (kin of the giraffe in particular wanted 
fome preparcition, for it had become in drying 
as hard as iron, fo that there was no bending 
it, and of courfe it could not be carried with 
any convenience. I firft foaked it in the river 
for a few hours, and then fteeped it in a de- 
codlion of tobacco, camphor, and foap ; and 
by thefe means it was rendered fo fupple, that 
I could pack it up as I plcafed. 
Having finifhed the arrangement of my 
colledlion, I employed the leifure that re- 
mained in drawing plants and flowers. There 
were immenfe quantities in the neighbour- 
hood ; and every day the feafon occafioned 
frefli ones to blow. But I made my drawings 
rather as an amateur than a naturalift, and at- 
tended only to fuch as appeared mod beauti- 
ful and rare. 
While fpeaking of thefe things, though In 
another point of view, I cannot help expreiling 
my regret that Sparmann, who was fo little 
preffed for time when he undertook his jour- 
ney, or Paterfon, who feems to have travelled 
poft, and as a -man eager to finiih his expedi- 
tion, had not formed the defign of penetrating 
into the country of the Kabobiquas, and as 
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