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me a few hunters and my dogs, In order to 
beat the adjacent parts, In the hope of finding 
more of thefe animals : but the fearch was 
fruitlefs, and we were obliged to content cur- 
felves with the one I had fliot. 
One day, however, as I was proceeding 
down the bed of the river, and beating about 
in the fame manner, with my hunters and dogs, 
my dogs fuddenly opened, and we prefently 
perceived before us a panther, ftretched on an 
antelope which it was devouring. He ap- 
peared by no means intimidated at our ap- 
proach, but glared furloufly at us with his 
eyes, without quitting his prey. There were 
feven of us in company, all provided with 
fufees, fo that we ran no great riik in attacking 
him. When we had advanced within fifty 
paces of him, he arofe, turned his head towards 
us, and feemed to feled the viclim on which 
it was his intention to fpring. My gun was 
loaded with ball ; I fired, and wounded him « 
and as he fled he received a few more flio-ht 
wounds from my Hottentots. He took refuge 
in a hollow rock on the border of the river, a 
|iundred paces farther on, whither my dogs 
|bllowed him, and kept him at bay: but, though 
