AFRICA. 
me. I had often felt his pulfe upon the fub- 
jed, but had found him always draw back; 
notwithftanding hehadalready travelled thither 
twice, once with Colonel Gordon, and again 
with the Englifli traveller Paterfon At length 
I attempted to gain him by means of his fifter, 
his fifter-in-law, and his v/ife. Thefe I brought 
over to my party by a fev\r prefents ; and they 
fucceeded fo well, that he had nothing farther 
to objed but the fear of being met and attacked 
by his brothers. But upon reprefenting to 
him that, furrounded as he would be by my 
people, and under the protedlion of my arms 
and theirs, he had nothing to apprehend ; and 
affuring him, that if they dared approach my 
camp, or attempt any ad of violence, I would 
write inftantly to Colonel Gordon, to demand 
their being punifhed by the government ; he 
at laft yielded to my requeft. 
Our terms were foon fettled. They were 
four rixdollars a month, as much tobacco as he 
chofe, and hardware fufficient to purchafe a 
few oxen when we fhould arrive among the 
* Who has publifhed an account of his travels, wliich 
has been tranflated into French. 
Nimiquas. 
