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him, I fearched all the neighbourhood with 
my dogs. All of a fudden hearing a cry like 
that which he ufed to fend forth when I re^ 
turned from hunting, and when I would not 
carry him along with me, I flopped ; and call- 
ing my eyes every where around, I at length 
perceived him, half concealed, behind a large 
branch in the middle of a tree. I called him 
in a familiar manner, and coaxed him as much 
as I could to defcend and come to me ; but 
as he feemed not inclined to truft to thefe 
marks of my friendfhip, and of the joy which 
I conceived on meeting vv'ith him, I was under 
the neceffity of climbiDg the tree. When I 
had reached the fpot where he was, he fufiered 
me to lay hold of him ; while fear and pleafure 
were alternately painted in his eyes, and ex- 
prefled by his geftures. Soon after I returned 
to my camp, where he feemed to wait for his 
fate; and where I came to a determination 
refped:ing him. I thought at firft that I ought 
to tie him up ; but by this I fliould have been 
deprived of his amufmg tricks. I refolved there- 
fore to ihew my generofity towards him, and not 
\ . to treat him v/ith feverity. A fecond corredion 
would not have altered his difpofition : and I 
refledled that he had perhaps more than once 
jfec'eived 
