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elephant, and prepared for me fome flices of 
the trunk. This was the firft time I had ever 
tailed fuch food; and I firmly refolved it fhoiild 
not be the laft, for I found it mod delicious. 
Klaas affured me that, when I tafted the feet, 
I fhould foon forget the trunk; and, in order 
to convince me, he promifed me a moft luf- 
cious breakfaft, which he inftantly ordered 
to be prepared. The four feet of the animal 
were then cut off : a hole about three or four 
feet fquare was made in the earth, and filled 
with burning coals ; and the whole being 
covered with dry wood, a large fire was kept 
up in it during the greater part of the night. 
When the hole was fufficiently heated, every 
thing was taken from it. Klaas placed in it 
the four feet of the animal, covering them with 
hot aflies ; afterwards with coals, and fome 
fmall pieces of wood : and this fire was fuffer- 
ed to remain till day-light. All that night I 
was the only perfon who flept ; for, according 
to the orders given by Klaas, my people kept 
watch. They informed me that they had 
heard many buffaloes and elephants ranging 
around. This we expeded, as the whole fo- 
reft was filled with them ; but the number of 
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