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pairing to the country of the great NImlquas, 
with no other defign than that of hunting 
elephants, and trading In ivory. But I knew 
the adventurer too well, to truft his decla- 
rations. Befides, I had feen of what his bag- 
gage confifted ; and being myfelf alfo a tra- 
veller, I knew that elephants were not killed 
with hardware, tobacco, and brandy. His 
real and fole obje£t was to trade in cattle ; and 
he had talked of hunting fchemes only to blind 
the eyes of Adminiftration,and avert fufpicion. 
This requires to be explained. 
The trade with the favages In cattle Is 
among thole which the Company has referved 
exclufively to itfelf ; and this fpecles of traffic 
is prohibited under very fevere penalties. But 
in countries fo remote from the fuperintend- 
ance of Government, how is It to be prevented ? 
And when it wants even the power to enforce 
the execution of Its other laws, Is it to be ex- 
pected that thofe relating to the revenue fhould 
remain uninfringed ? The prohibition in 
queftion too Is more eafily eluded, becaufe no 
one Is particularly charged with enforcing It ; 
gnd becaufe every body befides Is interefted In 
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