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tlian twelve ihaufand JJjeep^ and one ihoiylind 
oxen. 
After the alarm, fnto which we threw 
this good man on our firfl appearance, had 
fubiided, I told the iiory* of our melancho- 
ly difafter, and implored his afliitance for 
the relief of my nnhappy people who were 
left behind,' He could not lificn to the re- 
lation, without difcovering by his counte- 
nance the tendernefs of his nature. His 
face, which was naturally pallid^ becan)e, 
at certain intervals, of a crirtifon hue : thefe 
emotions appeared to me as the cfi-ervefcence 
of fenfibility^ and to exhibit, in glowing 
colours, the complexion of virtue. 
As no^ time, he faid, fiiould be ioft in pre- 
paring for the relief of my unfortunate peo- 
ple, he immediately direfted two of his 
fons, to harnefs eight oxen to a waggon. Ki§ 
orders were obeyed with a clieerfulnefs that 
evinced an hereditary goodnefs, and that it 
had defcended, unimpared from the lire to 
his children. They were directed to travel 
all night ; and our guides defcribed the fpot 
w^here we left them, fo minutely, as to 
avoid ail poffibiiity of a miftake. The wag- 
gon was fooB out of %ht; and we all fat 
dovra to partake of a iheep, which our lib- 
eral hoft had ordered to be killed for our 
entertainment* 
