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forded water for us and our cattle, and added 
infinitely to the beauty of the place. Every 
moment flocks of thofe ring groufe arrived 
tvhich I have elfewhere mentioned, I killed 
them by dozens ; and the fport was fo pro- 
ductive, that, during my three days abode 
there, it In part furniChed fubfiftence for dl my 
troop. The trees around were covered with 
birds of different kinds. There were evert 
fome that were new to me, and that ferved to 
increafe my colledion. 
Meanwhile fome Lefs NImiquas, informed 
of my arrival in their canton, came to vifit me, 
and offer me fheep in exchange for tobacco. 
From them I heard, for the firfl time, of the 
. accident that had befallen Pinar ; who, after 
having fo much vexed me on the road, had at 
length parted from me, feven or eight months 
prior to this period of my travels. 
Having offended a horde near which he was 
encamped, he had nearly been the viftimi 
of his imprudence. His oxen had been taken 
away, his waggon plundered, his Hottentots 
killed with poifoned arrows, and he himfelf 
would have loft his life, if he had not had the 
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