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by his rider, though the fellow sat well enough, too ; but away
he flew, and carried him quite out of the pilot’s reach, and at
some distance, rising upon his hind legs, threw down the Tar-
tar, and fell upon him.

In this interval, the poor Chinese came in who had lost the
camel, but he had no weapon; however, seeing the Tartar
down, and his horse fallen upon him, away he runs to him, and
seizing upon an ugly, ill-favored weapon he had by his side—
something like a poleaxe, but not a poleaxe neither, —he
wrenched it from him, and made shift to knock his Tartarian
brains out with it. But my old man had the third Tartar to deal
with still; and seeing he did not fly, as he expected, nor come
on to fight him, as he apprehended, but stood stock still, the old
man stood still too, and fell to work with his tackle tocharge his
pistol again ; but as soon as the Tartar saw the pistol, away he
scoured, and left my pilot—my champion I called him after-
wards—a complete victory,

By this time I was a little recovered ; for I thought, when
I first began to wake, that I had been in a sweet sleep ; but,
as 4 said above, I wondered where I was, how I came upon
the ground, and what was the matter: but a few moments
after, as sense returned, I felt pain, though I did not know
where ; so I clapped my hand to my head, and took it away
bloody ; then I felt my head ache: and then in a moment
memory returned, and everything was present to me again, I
jumped upon my feet instantly, and got hold of my sword ;
but no enemies were in view; I found a Tartar lying dead,
and his horse standing very quietly by him ; and, looking far.
ther, I saw my champion and deliverer, who had been to see
what the Chinese had done, coming back with his hanger in
his hand. The old man, seeing me on my feet, came running
to me, and embraced me with a great deal of joy, being afraid
before that I had been killed; and seeing me bloody, would
see how I was hurt ; but it was not much, only what we calla
broken head ; neither did I afterwards find any great inconveni-
ence from the blow, for it was well again in two or three days,

We made no great gain, however, by this victory, for we
lost a camel and gained a horse. But that which was remark-
able, when we came back to the village, the man demanded to
be paid for the camel ;-I disputed it, and it was brought to a
hearing before the Chinese judge of the place. To give him
his due, he acted with a great deal of prudence and impartiality ;
and, having heard both sides, he gravely asked the Chinese
man, that went with me to buy the camel, whose servant he