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" under the feet of the elephant ? Dare you 
" ever return to the Cape without him? With 
what face will you appear before the fifcal ? 
" Whatever excufe you may make, you will 
be confidered as bafe aflaffins : it is you in- 
deed who have deftroyed him. Return to 
" the camp ; plunder and difperfe his efFedts ; 
do whatever you choofe. As for me, I 
fhall never quit this place : dead or alive 
" I muft find my unfortunate mafter ; I have 
" refolved to perifh along with him," — Thefe 
words were uttered with fighs and lamentations 
fo affedting, that, even in the moft critical mo- 
ment, I perceived the tears ftart from my eyes, 
and the tendereft fenfations fucceed to terror. 
My firing my fufee was a fignal of joy ; and I 
found myfelf in an inftant furrounded by my 
people, and in the arms of my dear Klaas, who 
fqueezed me fo clofely that I could fcarcely 
difengage my body from him. This faithful 
youth in turns kiifed my perfon and clothes ; 
while his companions, with the utmoft for- 
row, and in a fuppliant attitude, ftretched out 
their hands towards me, as if to implore my 
pardon. I took care to crafole them ; for I 
was too highly gratified by this fcene to diiturb 
it by ufelefs words or reproaches. From that 
0^3 day^ 
