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dowed with groves of the Orange, loaded with both' 
green and ripe fruit, and embelliflied with their 
fragrant bloom, gratifying the tafte, the fight, and 
the frnell at the fame infiant. Leaving this delight- 
ful retreat, we foon came to the verge of the groves, 
when prefented to view a vaft verdant bay of the 
favanna. We difcovered a herd of deer feeding at 
a fmall diflance 3 upon the fight of us they ran off, 
taking fhelter in the groves on the oppofite point 
or cape of this fpacious meadow. My companions 
being old expert hunters, quickly concerted a plan 
for their deftru&ion. One of our company imme- 
diately {truck off, obliquely croffing the meadow for 
the oppofite groves, in order to intercept them, 
if they fhould continue their courfe up the foreft, to 
the main 3 and we croffed itraight over to the point, 
if poflible to keep them in fight, and watch their 
motions, knowing that they would make a {land 
thereabouts, before they would attempt their laft 
efcape. On drawing near the point, we flackened 
our pace, and cautioufly entered the groves 3 when 
we beheld them thoughtlefs and fecure, flouncing 
In a fparkling pond, in a green meadow or cove 
beyond the point ; fome were lying down on their 
fides in the cool waters, whilfc others were pranc- 
ing like young kids 3 the young bucks in playfome 
fport, with their {harp horns hooking and fpurring 
the others, urging them to fplafh the water. 
I endeavoured to plead for their lives ; but my 
old friend, though he was a fenfible rational and 
good fort of man, would not yield to my philofo- 
phy. Fie requeued me to mind our horfes, while he 
made his approaches, cautioufly gaining ground on 
them, from tree to tree, when they all fuddenly 
fprang up and herded together : a princely buck, 
who headed the party, whiffled and bounded’ off* 
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