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still fordable ; but the driving over the asses was 
found a very nice and difficult operation, Isaaco 
took here a most active part ; but, as he was in the 
midst of the stream, pushing forward six of the 
most refractory, a crocodile approached, seized him 
by the left thigh, and pulled him under water. 
Isaaco had the extraordinary presence of mind to 
search out the eye of the animal, and thrust his 
finger into it, which caused the monster to quit its 
hold. It returned to the charge, however, and 
seized the right thigh ; but was driven off by the 
skilful repetition of the same manoeuvre. Isaaco* 
however, was cruelly wounded, and placed totally 
out of a condition for travelling ; and Park, being 
unwilling to proceed without him, was detained 
for four days, until a cure could be effected. 
On the 11th July, they reached Keminoom, or 
Maniakorro, which he describes as the best forti- 
fied town that had been seen in Africa. The 
people here were 6 6 thieves to a man $" in " theft 
H and impudence 5 * they surpassed all that had 
before been witnessed. The most indefatigable 
in this calling were the sons of the reigning mo- 
narch, thirty in number, who, considering them- 
selves as amenable to no law, did not deign to 
throw any veil over their depredations. In the 
course of two days' residence, four great coats, a 
large bundle of beads, a musket, a pair of pistols, 
and several other articles, had disappeared. But 
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