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and after travelling fourteen leagues, which 
was the bufniefs of three days, 1 arrived at the 
Groe?2e'Rivier Green-River). But how much 
did I ftill deceive myfelf by the dreams of my 
imagination I 
The firft objedl: I noticed on my arrival was 
the dung of an elephant, yet warm. This in- 
dicated that fome of thefe animals were near. 
I took Swanepoel with me, and, without lofing j 
time, fet oiT to trace them, while my camp was 
eredlng. To fee me depart attended only by 
a fingle man, it feemed as if I were going to 
kill a hare or a rabbit. Formerly I iliould not 
in this manner have ventured at fuch fport ; 
but infenfibly we become hardy, fo that the 
greateft dangers appear no more than com- 
mon occurrences. 
We had not proceeded three hundred paces 
before we perceived five elephants (landing in 
the midfl: of the trees that &irted the river. 
Each of us fmgled out. his objed, each brought 
down his beaft, and the other three fied. At 
the report my hunters haftened to us ; and 
when arrived, my old Swanepoel, hitherto 
confidered by them, as an honeft fellow, fit 
only to- take care of my chickens, tauntingly 
pointed 
