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a few pounds of the flefh of the hippopotamus 
left : I had juft loft two days in ufelefs endea- 
vours to procure food ; and I had reafon to 
fear, that thofe which foUowed would not be 
more fortunate. I then regretted my refufal 
of the ox ofered by the Nimiqua chief : for, 
if fortune fhould not favour me in the chace 
next day, I fliould be obliged to kill one 
of my own. Luckily I was fuccefsful ; and 
the next day, which v/as the tenth of Novem- 
ber, was one of the happieft of my life, the 
moft valuable in my travels, and that which 
I recall to mind with the greateft fatisfac- 
tion. 
I commenced my chace atfun-rife, in hopes 
of finding fome kind of game to furnifli us 
with food. After walking fome hours, on 
turning a hill we perceived feven giraffes, which 
my dogs inflantly attacked. Six took flight 
together 5 the feventh, intercepted by my dogs, 
fled a different way. 
Bernfry was on foot, holding his horfe by 
the bridle. In the twinkling of an eye he 
was in the faddie, and fet off in purfuit of the 
iix. I followed the other full fpeed; but, in fpite 
of the exertions of my horfe, the giraffe fo far 
outftripped 
