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while his limbs quivered through fear. Wd 
found it no eafy matter to calm him ; but he 
gradually refumed, after fome time, his natural 
tranquillity. He was very much addifted 
to thieving, a fault common to almoft all 
domeftic animals ; but in Kees it was dif- 
guifed into a talent, the ingenious efforts of 
which I admired. Notwithftanding all the 
corredlion beflowed upon him by my people, 
who took the matter ferioufly, he was never 
amended. He knew perfedly w^ell how to 
untie the ropes of a baflcet, to take provilions 
from it ; and, above all, milk, of which he was 
remarkably fond : more than once he has 
made me go without any. I often beat him 
pretty feverely myfelf ; but, when he efcaped 
from me, he did not appear at my tent till 
towards night. 
On thefe details I have dwelt Vv^ith great 
pleafure ; and if they are nothing to the pro- 
grefs of human knowledge, they are a great 
deal for my fimple and ingenuous heart. They 
recal to my memory very agreeable amufe- 
ments ; hours of ferenity and peace, and the 
only moments of my life in which I have 
known the full value of exiftence. During 
the 
