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he had loft much biood, and was neceflarlly 
weakened, they durft not attack him. We 
afcended the rocks on the oppofite bank, and 
from this another ball was fired by one of my 
people, which killed him. My dogs then 
rufhed upon him; and before I could come to 
his refcue, they had fo torn and mangled him, 
that his fkin was good for nothing, and I re- 
folved therefore to leave him. 
My Hottentots, however, were not fo ready 
to abandon their prize. They purpofed to 
have a feaft upon the animal, and with this 
view bore him to my tent. In my firft jour- 
ney I had the curiofity to tafte a tiger, merely 
to know the flavour of the flelh of fuch a ter*» 
rible carnivorous animal. From that trial they 
doubted not but I thought the tiger as excellent 
food as they did, and accordingly they offered 
to fave for my eating certain choice parts of 
our panther. I anfwered with a fmile, that I 
could by no means think of feeding on an ani- 
mal which had perhaps devoured the flefli of 
fome Hottentot. This argument had little 
effed on my favages ; who, to convince me of 
jny miftake, opened the panther, and ftiowed 
me 
