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in particular, were not forgotten ; but the fifter 
afked one favour of me for which I was not pre-* 
pared. Three days after my arrival at the horde, 
one of my bitches had brought me a litter of 
eight whelps. As I am firmly of opinion, that 
nature never errs, and that a mother can afford 
nourlfhment for all the young flie produces, 
however many they may be, unlefs particular 
circumftances deprive her of food, I did not 
deftroy any of thefe whelps ; they might here- 
after become ufeful to me, and replace both 
thofe I had already loft, and thofe of which 
future accidents might deprive me. The 
mulatto was about to quit me ; and, as a lafl: 
teftimony of friendfhip, Ihe begged of me one 
of my puppies, which at firft I refufed ; but 
Ihe was fo urgent, that I was obliged to com- 
ply with her requeft. How indeed could I 
refufe the fifter of two men, to whom I and 
my people owed our lives ? 
On the tenth of Auguft I refumed my jour- 
ney. My intention was to pafs the night at 
Poes-kof^Heuvel ; which was the name we 
had given to the place where the elephants 
were killed. The carcafes of thefe animals 
were not yet wholly confumed ; and whether 
it 
