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to revive my hopes by announcing a dlfcoveiy 
I had no reafon to exped:. 
Perfuaded that this bird was flying in fearch 
of water, and that it would not fail to alight 
wherever. it fhould find any, I put fpurs to 
my horfe, and followed it on a full gallop, that 
I might not lofe fight of it. I was right in my 
conjedure : after a few minutes purfuit, I ob- 
ferved it defcend towards a large and high rock, 
where it alighted. I afcended this rock on 
foot, and found a large cavity, forming a natu-* 
ral bafon, filled with rain water, in w^hich the 
animal was fwimming, plunging, and flapping 
its wings, with much apparent fatisfadion. 
It would have been eafy for me to kill it ; 
but, after the fervice which it had rendered me, 
how fliameful would have been the ingrati- 
tude ! I contented myfelf with endeavouring 
to put it to flight, in hopes that, as it had en- 
joyed for a Ihort time only the pleafure of this 
bath, it would go in queft of another fome- 
;where in the neighbourhood, and thus point 
out to me a new ciRern. My expedations, 
- however, were on this occafion difappointed : 
the bird indeed flew away ; but, feared per- 
haps for the firft time in its life by a humaa 
being. 
