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44 TRAVELS IN AFRICA.and very deJiberately disembarrassed fromhis feet tethers a handsomegray horse, the property of an alcaid of twenty'!"five men, wlüch \Vaspiqueted opposite tohis master's tent in the centre of the camp; am)qlonnting, walked hirù with apparent unconcem out of the precinct.The rnorning was hazy; and as soon as he thought himse1f out of mUSquet-shot,the thief clapped one of his hands in derision, and giving ftlou'd 1augb, drove his heeIs into the horse's sides, and" like a sprite, wasout of ken in an instant. AlI were astou,nded" and looked at, eaebother to discover, if they thus could, what ,wasto he done. Euttherewas, in fact nothing to he don~; the case was hopeless, and aH bustIeunavailing. Horse..stealing has this peculiar conveniencc, that thecrime cornes in aid of the escape. 'rhe pooralcaid was under the ne...cessity of executing the remainder of his journey on foot.-There wasDOW an evident wish on the part of the chiefs to iprotract the durationof:the jonrney, and this in order toadd to the days of pay. Still, thisevening a sight of CapeTrafalgar in Europe was obtained, a,lnl the;chineasterly breeze of the Straits felt. In the course of,this,day fourriverswel'e pélssed; their banks würn away showeduilany,feet perpendicularlyof rich vegetable eartil. They are bordered toaconsiderable distanceby flats ofmeaclow, and these aresl