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expofe myfelf to the hazard of becoming a 
vldim to fuch bafe defertion. Go," faid I 
to the meffenger, " tell your mafter that i 
did not come to this country in order to ex- 
*' terminate the race of the tigers. I fhould 
be very ill repaid for my fervices, fmce none 
but poltroons would derive benefit from 
them. If chance expofe me to fuch ren- 
" counters, I can combat alone ; I want none 
of your ailiftance, and I will lend mine to 
nobody." Succefs had thus inflated my 
pride, and I imagined myfelf at leaft a fe- 
cond Thefeus. 
I had, however, very improperly con- 
founded people whom I did not know, with 
thofe who had given me fo much caufe to 
complain of their 'condud;. This invitation 
had come from a perfon named Louis Karfte, 
with whom 1 had afterwards an opportunity 
of being acquainted ; and I repented that I 
had entertained fo much prejudice againft his 
children. They convinced me that they were 
incapable of behaving badly in the moment 
of danger ; and I have been a witnefs to the 
effeflis of their courage. 
The time to which I had limited myfelf, 
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