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•that khid of tlioro which I have mentioned 
before. ' Several of theie we immediately 
.cut, not only for the purpofe of, fuel, but 
to forni a barricade or defence againft the 
wild animals during the nis:lit. 
Alter completing our fortificatioOj light- 
in?^ our iircs. and futpwz in the beft manner 
poiUble, we lay down to reft ; but our fleep 
vras confiantly difturbed during the nighty 
lyj a herd of elephants^ bru&ing through the 
woodj palling and returning almoft every 
iri<dm^x)X. Had not our fence been erefted 
the preceding evening, ^ve ihould, in all 
probability, have been trampled to death by 
theie •monitrous animals. . V7 e had the good 
fortune, however, to efcape ; and^ about 
feven the next miorning, v/e proceeded on 
our journey, in company with our guides. 
We likewife travelled this day through a 
delightful country. The land, in fome 
places, feemicd to be compofed of a red and 
yellow cla;/, and the valleys appeared cover- 
ed with a very thick and long grafs, but 
no': a fioii of a^rkuhure was to be obferved. 
In the courfe of the day, v/e perceived a few 
deferted huts, one of which we entered. 
We paid fevereiy for our curioiity, as thofe 
v/ho ventured in, were in a moment cover- 
ed entirely with fleas, 
- We fometimes found water ; but it was 
bracklili, although y^-:: were at leaft 50 miles 
j .:.xr-. fea. We kept at this diilance dur- 
in r '"^-z moil of o-^r ]ourney. 
" ^ We brought .up^foi the night, after tra^ 
