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Vitnefs to an iiiftance of it. I confefs that the 
account given me by my meffenger afFe£ted 
me fo much, that I fhed teats. I again careflfed 
the poor animal ; and this mark of attachment 
which flie had given, endeared her ftill more 
to me. Had £he not been found, fhe muft 
have perifhed by hunger on the fpot, or be- 
come a prey during night to the firft ferocious 
animal that might have met her. As the fufees 
which I ordered to be difcharged on her ac- 
count, had not roufed any game ; and as I 
was befides convinced, from an exad: furvey 
of the foreft, that I could not hope to find 
any, we proceeded on our march the next 
morning. 
Scarcely had we advanced four leagues, 
when, in croffing a fmall river which takes 
its fource in this foreft, my two-wheeled wag- 
gon was overturned. The remainder of the 
day was fcarcely futEcient for us to recover, 
dry, and put in order, my kitchen furniture 
and necefl'aries : a great part of my porcelain 
being broken, was left on the fpot; but very 
luckily I had more to replace it. Having 
proceeded three leagues further, we were 
flopped by the river Duyvenochs^ which at 
L '2 that 
