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had perhaps been exaggerated, I could make 
myfelf the mafter of any of them, and give laws 
to all : but I fhould have been under the neceC- 
fity of continuing to a<3: as I mud have done 
for that purpofe ; and inflead of a protedor, 
which I v^ifhed to be, I muft have made my- 
felf fovereign and ruler in thofe peaceful coun- 
triesi This would have been fomewhat too 
troublefome foy a hunter of birds ; fo I chofe 
to manage the affair in the European way, by 
fimple and civil means only. 
Conformably with this principle, I the next 
morning invited Pinar and his companion to 
breakfafl: with me, Schoenmaker was one 
of the party. During the night their heads 
had cooled a little ; and that they might not 
be heated again, I took care to give them, 
neither wine nor brandy. My precaution fuc- 
ceeded fo well, that I efFeded a reconciliation 
between all three, and prevailed on them to 
lliake hands, according to the Dutch formulary 
of friendfhip. 
Bernfry refided and had his cattle In a horde 
a few leagues diftant. Thither he offered to 
condud mine, afTuring me that I fhould find 
better pafture for the recovery of them than 
any 
