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park's second journey. 
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 
the difficulty became very serious, when, on the 
14th July, they resumed their journey. Nearly 
the whole town hung on their rear, ready to lay 
hold on every thing which presented itself in any 
exposed attitude. One snatched a bag from one 
of the asses ; and, while Park and Lieutenant 
Maityn ran to recover it, another had taken pos- 
session of a musket. Two of the king's sons 
having come up, Mr Park, after speaking a few 
moments to one, was much surprised, on turning, 
to see the other in full flight with his own mus- 
ket. He ordered Mr Anderson to follow and 
fire 5 but the latter, considering the high extrac- 
tion of the fugitive, did not deem such a remedy 
prudent. Pursuit proved vain ; and, on their 
return, it was found that the other had chosen 
to appropriate our traveller's great coat. 
The party now formed the determination, on 
no account to omit firing when any farther de- 
predations occurred. As soon as the natives 
were convinced that this principle was to be act- 
ed upon, they hid themselves among the rocks, 
and were only seen peeping through the crevices. 
