sadly , then resumedresume: " If he had died , I might , as you say , have become reconciled ; but he was abductedabductat the age of four by a revengeful servant whom I had dischargeddischargefrom my employment .
So soon as I was well enough I trekkedtrekdown to the Diamond Fields , soldsellsuch ivory as I had , together with my wagon and oxen , dischargeddischargemy hunters , and tooktakethe post-cart to the Cape .
But the creatures ranrunoff a second time , before I could seize them ; whereupon there was a great shoutshoutin a very shrill accent , and after it ceasedceaseI heardhearone of them crycryaloud _ Tolgo phonac _ ; when in an instant I feltfeelabove a hundred arrows dischargeddischargeon my left hand , which , prickedprickme like so many needles ; and besides , they shotshootanother flightflightinto the air , as we do bombs in Europe , whereof many , I suppose , fell on my body , ( though I felt them not ) , and some on my face , which I immediately coveredcoverwith my left hand .