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my advice ; if, retired to this corner of the 
earth, they have found an end of their misfor- 
tunes, and enjoy that peace and tranquillity 
which the world cannot give, they will re- 
member my name. It is pleafing to utter the 
name of a good man. The names of the op- 
preflbr, the traitor, and the a^^affin, imprint, on 
the contrary, a lafting horror, which converts 
the moft peaceful abode into the dwelling of 
wretchednefs and apprehenfion. But I have 
quitted the deferts of Africa, in which I ought 
for ever to have remained. 
Having fixed ourfelves in the hut and fur* 
rounding valley, I went to examine the ftate 
of the river. It continued to fall. Its water 
was already much lefs turbid, and the hippo- 
potamufes began to re-appear. We immediately 
fet about hunting thefe amphibious animals ; 
and the fame day we killed ope, which afford-^ 
cd an ample ftock of provifion for my troop. 
Intending as I did to begin a third journey, 
I was very defirous of examining the courfe of 
the river, and tracing it to its mouth. But 
the difficulties we had already experienced 
y^endering this fcheme imprafticable, at leaft 
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