AFRICA.. 25s 
our fport 5 and at day- break all my people were 
in motion. 
Half of our company pafled the river by 
fwimming, while the other half remained on 
my fide. When the fwimmers had gained 
the oppofite bank, they feparated into two 
parties, one of which went a certain way up the 
river, and the other down. We did the fame 
on my fide. The four parties thus included a 
part of the river three quarters of a league in 
extent. I remained alone in the centre of thofe 
%vho were to beat for the game. 
At an appointed fignal, all were ordered to 
fet out from their pofts, and advance flowly 
towards me, fome Ihouting aloud, others oc-^ 
cafionally firing their pieces, in order to drive 
towards me the hippopotami that might be in. 
that part of the river. They found eight ; and 
all the parties being affembled at the common 
centre, patience and addrefs only were wanting 
to our purpofe. 
In a fiiort time we had wounded feveral* 
Two were even killed ; and the people of the 
horde were enraptured with joy. But fome 
of them going into ftie river to drive the dead 
ones afhore, one of the fwimmers received a 
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