IS TRAVELSIN 
of emulation indeed feemed to have arifeil 
among them, who fhould firft difcover a hu- 
man being, or a herd of cattle. But, alas I 
the very exadnefs of their refearch ferved but 
to afflid: us the more. We beheld, on all fides, 
nothing but the difcouraging pidure of a fright- 
ful folitude. Neither man nor beaft was to be 
feen * and we appeared to be left alone in 
the world. The plaintive cry of the dama 
antelopes was the only found that met cur 
cars. 
At this period the confternation became ge- 
neral. I rnyfeif even was deftitute of hope , 
which at leaft I had hitherto preferved, amidft 
all our calamities. In vain did I exhort my 
poor defponding friends to prepare the ante- 
lopes for their repafl ; in vain did I urge them 
to drink of the water we had brought : they 
refufed to eat, left it fliould oblige them to 
diink^ and they refufed to drink, left it fhould 
Increafe their fuiFerings. 
For feme time, it is to be obferved, our 
\vater, having been uniformly brackifh, had 
fwelled our mouths, and afflidled us with ex- 
treme pains and additional drought, which had 
become our coaftaut ftate of fuftering. That 
of 
