affected me; but I could not refrain some reflections, and almost tears, in
considering how happy it was that I was not born among such creatures as
these, and was not so stupidly ignorant and barbarous; but this soon went
off again, and I was not troubled again with any qualms of that sort for a
long time after.

When this ceremony was over, our concern was to get some provisions, as
well for the present subsistence of our prisoners as ourselves; and making
signs to our prince that we were thinking upon that subject, he made signs
to me that, if I would let one of the prisoners go to his town, he should
bring provisions, and should bring some beasts to carry our baggage. I
seemed loth to trust him, and supposing that he would run away, he made
great signs of fidelity, and with his own hands tied a rope about his neck,
offering me one end of it, intimating that I should hang him if the man did
not come again. So I consented, and he gave him abundance of instructions,
and sent him away, pointing to the light of the sun, which it seems was to
tell him at what time he must be back.

The fellow ran as if he was mad, and held it till he was quite out of
sight, by which I supposed he had a great way to go. The next morning,
about two hours before the time appointed, the black prince, for so I
always called him, beckoning with his hand to me, and hallooing after his
manner, desired me to come to him, which I did, when, pointing to a little
hill about two miles off, I saw plainly a little drove of cattle, and
several people with them; those, he told me by signs, were the man he had
sent, and several more with him, and cattle for us.

Accordingly, by the time appointed, he came quite to our huts, and brought
with him a great many cows, young runts, about sixteen goats, and four
young bulls, taught to carry burthens.