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thirty paces, I killed the only male which 
was in the flock. My Hottentot maintained 
that this was the animal he had fired at; but 
I convinced him of his miftake, for we found 
only one wound and one ball in it. Having 
covered it with a few branches, and tied 
my handkerchief to the end of a pole, which 
I fixed in the ground, to frighten away fero- 
cious animals, we fet out in purfuit of the reft 
of the koedoes; becaufe, the male being killedt 
I was certain that the females would not go 
far. We obferved fome traces of blood, which 
plainly fhewed that one of them had been 
wounded : and indeed, at the diftance of 
four hundred paces, we found one juft ex- 
piring. My Hottentot, whom I had reproached 
for fliooting badly, was highly flattered by 
this event; but he had taken aim at the male, 
and it was by chance that he hit the female. 
Having fkinned it, and taken out its bowels,we 
thought we might then both of us be able, as the 
diftance was not very great, to convey it to the 
fpot where we had left the male. Being con- 
fiderably fatigued by this labour, and our ap- 
petite beginning to be whetted, we kindled a 
few fticks, and broiled the liver. I do not 
know whether it was owing to our hunger, 
or 
