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common to rapacious birds : all the fore part 
of the body is of a perfed): white, and the reft 
of a light brown. I was near three leagues 
from my c^mp when I killed thefe two beau- 
tiful birds, and I arrived at it extremely fa- 
tigued with carrying them ; for, together, they 
did not weigh much lefs than thirty pounds. 
In the afternoon, while I was employed in 
(kinning and preparing my two eagles, I was 
informed, that our horfes were loft. An aged 
Caminouqua, not lefs than fixty, had taken 
charge of them; but the old man, overpowered 
by the exce^^lve heat, and ftill more, perhaps, 
by the fatigue of a journey beyond his ftrength, 
had fallen afleep, and, not being able to find 
them when he awoke, had gone and fecreted 
himfelf for fear of being punlfhed. 
All that could be done on the occafion was 
to fet out myfelf on the fearch, \vhich I did 
with all my people. Bernfry's horfe was gone 
as well as mine. Inftead of following my ex- 
ample, this paffionate being, who had hitherto 
behaved tolerably well, becaufe his choleric 
temper had had no occafion of being roufed, 
burft out at once in imprecations againft the 
careleffnefs of the keeper^ and fwore with 
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