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did not fucceed, he feized the tuft as before, as 
clofe to the earth as he could ; then throwmg 
his heels over his head, the root always 
yielded to the jerk which he gave it. In our 
marches, when he found himfelf tired, he got 
upon the back of one of my dogs, which had 
the complaifance to carry him for whole hours 
together: one only, which was larger and 
flronger than the reft, ought to have ferved 
him for this purpofe ; but the cunning animal 
well knew how to avoid this drudgery. The 
moment he perceived Kees on his fhoulders, 
he remained motionlefs, and fuffered the cara- 
van to pafs on without ever ftirring from the 
fpot. The timorous Kees ftill perfifted ; but 
as foon as he began to lofe fight of us, he was 
obliged to difmount : and both he and the dog 
ran with all their might to overtake us. For 
fear of being furprifed, the dog dexteroufly 
fuffered him to get before him, and watched him 
with great attention. In ihort, he had acquired 
an afcendancy over my whole pack, for which 
he was perhaps indebted to the fuperiority of 
his inftin£l ; for among animals, as among 
men, addrefs often gets the better of ftrength. 
While at his meals, Kees could not endure 
guefts : 
