46 TRAVELS iN 
are lefs ferocious than thofe of other parts of 
Africa ; beeaufe, finding a ready fupply of 
food In the game, they are never tormented 
by hunger. 
Some days after my arrival^ the com- 
mander of the foldiers ftationed here having 
Invited me to go on a hunting party with 
him, we fet out next morning. Though we 
faw great plenty of game, we could not catch- 
any thing ; but towards evening, having ac- 
cidently feparated, as if fate wifhed to fami- 
liarize me all of a fudden to thofe dangers 
which I had come fo far in fearch of, I re- 
ceived, for the firll time, a lelTon I little ex- 
pected, and which I am convinced would 
have made more than one brave citizen fhud- 
der. — The fhots which I had fired here and 
there having roufed a fmall antelope, my dog 
fet out to purfue It ; and, flopping at a very 
large bufh, began to bark, running continu- 
ally round It. Imagining that the antelope 
had retired thither, I ran up to it. In hopes 
of being able to kill It j and my prefence and 
voice feemed to add greatly to the courage of 
my dog. I every moment expected that the 
antelope would appear j but, impatient at not 
3 feeing . 
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