TRAVELS IN 
day, the happieft In my life, in which I knew 
the pleafure of being fmcerely beloved, and 
from no motives of inteireft, I confidered the 
worthy Klaas as my equal, my brother, and the 
confidant of all my pleafures, misfortunes, and 
fecrets : he has more than once calmed my dif- 
quietude, and revived my drooping courage. 
If he afterwards fhewed any figns of weakneft 
whiqh were dangerous, and contrary to the 
good order I had eftablifhed among my peo- 
ple, this teftimony of his attachment gave him 
fo much power over me, that I could never 
allow myfelf to fhew feverity towards him, or 
even to alarm his heart. 
I drew from nature the portrait of this brave 
Hottentot; and the faithful and ftriking refem- 
blance here given of him was executed under my 
infpedion, and engraved from my own defign. 
As night was approaching, we haftened to- 
wards the elephant whichi hadbeenfo fortunate 
as to kill with one fhot : and indeed nothing 
could have been more feafonable ; for our pre- 
fence drove away fome vultures, and feveral 
fmall carnivorous animals, which, without lofs 
of time, had begun to devour it. We kindled 
a number of fires ; and, as our provifions ran 
fliort, my people cut a few fteaks from the 
elephantj 
