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and being at the fame time refreflied, recover- 
ed their ftrength : but what increafed my 
aftonifhment was, that the two I had left on 
the road, worn out and expiring, had been al- 
fo revived, and doubtlefs in the fame manner ; 
for they both joined my camp in the night ; 
and Klaas, who always took delight in being 
the firft to communicate agreeable intelligence, 
came to me at day-break, elated with joy, to 
inform me of the circumftance. 
I was now only a day's journey from Hcere- 
hgement (matter's refidence), where T fhould 
find, I was told, a very abundant fpring of wa- 
ter, a moft agreeable retreat, and groves and 
grottos covered with infcriptions and figures. 
By the defcriptlon that was given me, it ap- 
peared as if a fecond Angelica, or fome Hotten- 
tot Medor, had vifited and embelHfhed this 
fcene of enchantment. I banifhed, however, 
from my mind all this improbable romance, 
and indulged only the hope of finding the 
fountain. Pvly wants were urgent ; I looked 
forward to it, therefore, with longing expeda- 
tion, and refolved, if poffible, to reach it before 
night. I arrived ; I found it ; and, with what- 
ever refped the defcription of it ought to have 
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