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could. I had already killed a few, when, on 
turning a rock, I roufed a panther, which I 
fired at ; but the fhot in my fufee being too 
fmall to ftrike it inftantly dead, it efcaped. It 
was probable, however, that, having found a 
fort of warren there to fupply it with food, it 
would not retire far from its haunt, and that 
I fhould meet with it again. I according- 
ly fearched the environs with my dogs, and 
fucceeded in finding its ufual place of retreat, 
w^here I faw feveral heaps of the bones of 
damans, and the remains of various kinds of 
fmall antelopes. 
This difcovery promifed me a double fatif- 
fadtion ; that of killing the panther when it 
fhould return to its hiding-place, and that of 
finding game in the neighbourhood for my^ 
table, as the animal had found for its repaft. 
Thefe pleafures, however, were not realized : 
for neither I nor my people met with any ante- 
lopes, which perhaps had all been deftroyed 
by the panther ; and with regard to the ani- 
mal itfelf, I in vain fpent two wearifome hours 
of the night waiting for it in ambufli : it did 
pot appear ; which induced me to believe that 
I had 
