TRAVELS IN 
whether it proceeded from injuftlce or weak- 
nefs, I could not refift the defire of making at 
leaf!: one happy, fince all could not be fo ; and 
I afterwards had no caufe to repent of my con- 
dud. To this woman I gave the name of 
RdgeL Thofe fervices which fhe had always 
petformed were affigned to her ; and fhe 
attended me every where till the end of my 
journey. 
After the departure of the horde, we con- 
tinued our route ; but a violent ftorm obliged 
us to flop at Galgebos, It was five in the after- 
noon when we halted : the place was far from 
being deftitute of beauties, and I would gladly 
have remained here fome time ; but we could 
not find a fingle rivulet, Wc therefore crofled 
the river Van-Staade^ at the diftance of two 
leagues ; and uny oked at feven on the borders 
of a lake, where we could procure water fuffi- 
cient for our whole caravan. 
To how many ufeful procefTes and Inven- 
tions does not chance fometimes give birth ! 
It often ferves us better, and by means much 
. more fimple, than any of thofe fuggefted by 
our own lights, our combinations, or our knov/- 
ledge. Of this truth I received a convincing 
proof even in the place in which I had flopped. 
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