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recovered Its feet ; but the moment I was pre- 
paring to fire at it a fecoad time, it dropped 
down dead. 
Who would believe that fuch a conqueft 
fliould excite tranfports in my mind bordering 
on madnefb? Troubles, fatigues, preffing wants, 
uncertainty of the future, and fometimes dif- 
guft of the paft, difappeared together : all fled 
at the fight of this new pri;^e. I could not 
fatisfy my eyes with contemplating it. I mea^ 
fured its immenfe height. My eyes turned 
with aftonifhment from the animal deflroyed to 
the inftrument of deftrudiion. I called and 
Called again my people one after another : and 
though any one of them could have done as 
much, though we had killed animals of greater 
bulk, and much more dangerous, I was the 
firlt to kill this ; with this I was about to en- 
rich natural hiftory ; I was about to deftroy 
rom.ance, and eftablifh a truth in my turn. 
All my people ran up, and congratulated me 
\ on my exploit. Bernfry alone remained bcr 
hind. In vain d d I urge him on with my 
voice and adions. He had fallen from his 
horfe, brulfed his £houIder, and w^alked flowly, 
leading his beaft by the bridle, \yhen h^ 
came 
