AFRICA. 
prK>vIfion| we had nothing to eat ; ^ind game 
In thefe mountains was extremely fcarce, la 
three days we had been able to kill only a fingle 
kainfi antelope, which was a poor fapply for 
feven perfons. At length cur neceflity was 
fo great, that, on the afternoon of the third 
day, jbeing totally deftitute of food, it was re- 
folved that each of us fliould take his own 
courfe, and hunt for himfelf. 
Klaas, from his attachment to me, would 
not leave me. We killed three wood-peckers 
and fix larks. My hunters might have done 
ftill better, by fhooting at damans ; but, greedy 
of larger game, they neglei^d thefe to feek 
for other antelopes. They all returned empty 
banded, and were of courfe, from their pre^ 
ceding fad and the violent exercife they had 
taken, doubly hungry. 
I much regretted that I could not lharc 
with them the produce of my chace. But, as 
it was fcarcely fufEcient for Klaas and myfelf, 
how could it have beeji fliared with five 
others ? 
On this occafion I was witnefs tp the efn 
fefts which the terrible want c^^Hed hunger is 
(papable of producing. I have he^rd 4 cele- 
G g 3 brat^d 
