314 TRAVELS IN 
On the fourth day we arrived at a fpct 
fhadowed by beautiful trees, the verdure of 
which was fo pleafing to the eye, and the ap- 
pearance fo attractive in the midft of the in- 
tolerable heat by which we were parched, that 
1 refolved to fpend there not only the night, 
hut alfo the following day. Around me were 
green paftures and limpid water ; and at a dif- 
tance I perceived giraffes, antelopes, groufe, 
and fome birds in particular with which I was 
hitherto unacquainted. 
My tents were pitched and wood colleded 
in a moment ; thanks to the women, who, 
after having fupportcd the heat and fatigue of 
thefe four days with more fortitude than the 
men, fet about the work without delay. They 
had taken this bufmefs exclufively to them- 
felves, and would not fufier the men to be con- 
cerned in it. 
It was the fame with regard to my houfe- 
hold affairs. They contended who fhould 
fhow herfelf moft ufeful ; feeming to fear that 
I might repent of having taken them with me ; 
and feeking, by preventing my wifhes in a 
thoufand ways, to make themfelves neceifary, 
and hinder my feeling the flighted regret. It 
was 
