t^i TRAVELS IN 
appointing him one of the condudors of mf 
, principal waggon,* the benefits urifmg from 
which, added to his pay as a hunter, increafed 
his Income one half. Thus did I enjoy the 
pleafure of diftributing rewards and granting 
promotion to my companions, without the in- 
fluence of any bafe intrigue, any Infidious re- 
commendation, that might Induce me to be la- 
Tiih towards fome, and niggardly and unjuft 
towards others. In fhort, I happily governed 
Biy fmall caravan without the afliftance of thofe 
plodding Intriguers, who vain of their know- 
ledge, and intruding themfelves every where, 
arrogate to themfelves the right of meting out 
rewards, and pronouncing definitively refpedt^ 
ing the merits of others. 
Thefe marks of diftin£tIon, thefe various 
honours, conferred all at once upon my new 
Hottentot, fo elated him with joy, that he 
could not find words with which to exprefs to 
me his gratitude. Poflefl^ed of a fufee. and be- 
come the condudor of the carriage of his 
mafter, he was in his own ePdmation equal in 
importance to a grandee of Spain, To liften 
to this Hottentot, he had all the difpofitions 
requifite in a fportfman. He felt, he faid, the 
greateft 
