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or to the delicacy of the food, but I remembet 
that, though we had neither fait nor bread I 
could fcarcely be fatisfied with it ; and that this 
was one of the moft delicious repafts I ever 
made in my life : after this we tied the four 
feet of the animal together, and with a pole 
carried it upon our fhoulders to the other 
which we had killed. I then difpatched my 
Hottentot to bring me two horfes, with a few 
of his companions, and we foon conveyed the 
game to our camp. Some inftantly filled the 
kettles with it, w^hile others broiled {leaks of 
it upon the hot coals ; and, in lefs than two 
hours, two thirds of the flefh difappeared. 
The Hottentots are gluttonous as long as 
there is abundance of provifions; but, in times 
of fcarcity, they can be contented with a very 
little. In this refped I may compare them to 
hy:£nas, or other carnivorous animals, which 
devour all their prey in an inftant, without 
thinking on thefuture ; and which indeed re- 
main feveral days without finding any nourifh- 
ment, and are fometimes obliged to appeafe 
their hunger with clay. A Hottentot is ca- 
pable of eating in one. day ten or twelves 
* The latter I had not eat for fome time, 
I pounds 
