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into which poor Kees was thrown, all the 
means I employed to make the animal forget 
what had paffed, and to bring him back to his 
favourite liquor, were entirely fruitlefs. He 
never would tafte a drop of it ; on the con- 
trary, he feemed to have conceived an impla- 
cable averfion to it. When any of my people, 
for their amufement only, fhewed him the 
bottle, he muttered between his teeth : and 
fometimes when it was within his reach he 
would give It a blow; and, inftantly climbing 
a tree, there fhew his difpleafure in perfe£t 
fecurity. 
Next day, after having properly rewarded 
Mr. Boers's intelligent commiflioner, I deliver- 
ed my difpatches to him, and ordered him to 
fet out on his return. 
In the morning I began to diffed the head 
of one of the elephants, in which I left the 
grinders and the tufks. During this operation, 
feveral of my people, w^ho had gone to procure 
provifions, brought back abundance of flefh, 
being fome of the moft fucculent parts of the 
four elephants, which they cut into very long 
and thin flices, in order that, being expofed to 
the fun according to our ufual caftom, they 
might dry fooner. Some broke the bones into 
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