DEDICATION; 
xxi>.: 
ed up the foil, the iifes of it are unknown, 
and the natives live moWy on the produce 
of thechace. If they are not fuccefsful in 
hunting, and the hoorde labours under a 
temporary want, they ileep away tlieir time, 
until, preiTed by famine, they again renew 
the dangers of the foreft. 
In thefe excuriions, they frequently en- 
counter the Ugu^ the rhinoceros^ the hippopota- 
vius^ the buffalo^ the hj(zna^ t\\t panther or the 
tiger. All are their food ; and they fre- 
quently devour them without touching the 
fire. The oxen, which they pofTefs in fucli 
abundance, it might reafonably ba fuppofed^ 
would proteft them from want ; but the 
' natives prefer the flefti of the wild and car- 
nivorous animals of the defert, to the moft 
delicate and nutritious parts of the ilieep or 
the ox. The latter are kept by them, chief- 
ly, as beafts of burden, or for the purpofes 
of war ; and in training them for ofienfive 
operations, they difcover a rnoft extraordi- 
nary fagacity. They not only inftruft the 
ox to charge an enemy v/ith all his ftrength,. 
but in the confuiion of the battle, to diitin- 
guiih his friends, and afiift them in the com- 
bat. Thefe creatures are alfo inftrufted to 
protect their flocks from the ravages of luch 
wild animals as range thedeferts in queft of 
food, and are trem^endous in their conflicts 
wath them. In many of thefe countries, ox- 
en are fo numerous, that one of the iineft, 
iiQt trained to war, may be frequently pur- 
