A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa, and Travels Into the Interior of That Country

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Excerpt from A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa, and Travels Into the Interior of That Country: Containing Particular Déscriptions of the Climate and Inhabitants, and Intersting Particulars Concernmg the Slave TradeWe purfued our journey, keeping the deepefi covert of the woods, occafionally afcending every prominent ground that could afford a profpeft of the country be fore us. This day for the firll: time I faw a, Panther he was difcovered by 'hurdee he came frequently in fight, but hung down his head and retired into fome neighbouring thicket whenever we turned round to look at him. My guide, {imply enough, faid the beafl: was terrified at feeing a white man, and to this caufe it was he attributed-his retiring, when I turned round. Such, however, 'was the faél for when I kept advanc ing, and hurdee remained afew paces behind, the animal feemed to redouble his pace forward till I turned round, and he then retreated with equal precipitas tion.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.