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defirous of giving me their advice have nei- 
ther found, nor will be able to find, fimilar 
ones, either among their inventors of fyftems, 
or in the books of writers whofe excurfions 
have never extended beyond the walls of a 
clofet. 
My people were ftill employed in breaking 
In the pxen, but they were advanced in the 
bufinefs fcarcely farther than at the firft mo- 
ment. One day when exercifing them, one 
in particular became furious, and attem]. ted 
to make his efeape. The Hottentot who was 
neareft endeavoured to flop him, by catching 
hold of the rope by which he had been fattened ; 
but unfortunately flipping his hand into a run- 
ning knot, which drew tight round his wrift, 
he was dragged along by the animal to a con- 
fiderable diftance, and torn and bruifed in 
twenty places before it was poffible to extri- 
cate him. 
Juft at that moment Bernfry arrived. He 
had witnefTed the accident, and was alfo prc- 
fent when I was told of it. Availing himfelf 
of the circumftance, he ftated to me how im- 
prudent It would be to expofe myfelf on the 
road with cattle fo totally undifciplined, and 
offered 
