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and whether It belonged to a horde of Hotten- 
tots, or was the property of Klaas Bafter, the 
Uiaa of whom I was in fearch, I could promife 
myfelf, If I came up with it, to find both fuc- 
cour and friends. 
While we were reafoning on thefe probabi- 
lities, and the moft certain and fpeedy means 
of finding the herd, Kees, leaping out of my 
wnggon with a cry of exultation, began to run 
on before, and was inftantly followed by my 
dogs. Certainly It was not to attack any wild 
beafl that my ape difplayed fuch ardour 5 I 
knew him to be too great a coward. Till, this 
moment I had never feen him thus adventurous 
l)ut once, and that w^as on my firft journey, 
when, in the country of the Caffres, he difco- 
vered the fprlng to which I gave his name. 
A fimilar proceeding feemed to announce to 
me a fimilar difcovery. I ran, therefore, to the 
pkice where he flopped, and at tw^o hundred 
paces from the waggon, I perceived him fur-- 
rounded by my pack, In a large wet hollow^, 
whicli the dogs were digging w^ith their paws 
in queft of water. 
I called to my people, w'ho advanced with 
fpades and pick-axes, and began to dig. Wc 
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