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leaft motion to extricate It. The worft of the 
^ifFalr waSj I did not know how to free myfelf 
from this implement of torture ; fo^* I could not 
move, the thorns fro n^ my foot on one fide 
without plunging them deeper into it on the 
other. At length they lifted me from thq 
gtound, reclining me a little in a horizontal 
pofture, and then tore away the plant at one 
jerk. 
This was a fevere operation ; yet I bore it 
patiently, believing it would be the laft of my 
fufferings, and that nothing more would be 
wanting to my cure, than to ftay the inflam- 
mation. With this view I direfled my foot 
and ankle to be wrapped up in a poultice of 
herbs and milk, which the Hottentots made 
for me 5 and went to bed, not doubting but I 
fhould be able to walk as ufual the next day* 
To rny great aftonifhment, however, the day 
following 1 found my fufferings much in- 
creafed ; and my foot, leg, and eyen thigh 
were fo extremely fwollen, that I could not in, 
the leaft move them. Klaas Bafter and hia 
Hottentots, feeing me in this ftate, afferted that 
the plant was polfonous, and that nothing 
could cure me but baths of warm milk. Thefe 
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