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h:ien, who he thought might be ufeful, and 
whom, indeed, I accepted without hefitation. 
I had it in my power to have enlarged my 
company with feveral perfons more. As every 
one at the Cape knew that my firft journey 
had been fortunate, that no other accidents 
had happened to me than ihofe which are 
unavoidable in fuch enterprifes ; many plan- 
ters and Europeans wifhed to be my af- 
Ibclates. I cannot repeat all the requefts that 
were made me on the fubjed: ; but, faith- 
ful to my principles, and determined more 
than ever to remain perfedly free in my ope- 
rations, I fufFered my refolution to be fliakert 
neither by perfonal confiderations, nor the 
moft preffing importunities ; and, under differ- 
ent pretences, foftetied by politenefs and civi- 
lity, I found means to difembarrafs myfelf of all 
my folicitors. 
Among the number was one in particular 
of the name of Pinar, a keen fportfman, a great 
frequenter of the woods, and more efpecially 
celebrated for his dexterity in huhtihg ele- 
phants. This man, who by his great exploits 
in this Way had acquired a certain celebrity in 
the colony, and of whom a hundred afts of 
L 2 prowefs, 
