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added, and the rapid stirring continued. It now 

 begins to look exactly like soapsuds, and the 

 more it is worked about the more frothy it be- 

 comes. In this frothy state it is drank. All who 

 intend indulging in this foggy-fuddle come armed 

 with immense wooden spoons ; then they ladle 

 and drink, until, nearly bursting, they shamble off 

 to the water, a drink of which appears to allay the 

 distention this fuddling occasions. I have often 

 tasted it, but cannot say I like it ; it has a dis- 

 agreeably bitter flavour, suggestive of physic; and 

 though stirred with a female hand, still the idea 

 of dirt is so associated in my mind with Indians, 

 that I could never get over the feeling that the 

 fingers might have been previously used for other 

 purposes, and the process of washing them for- 

 gotten. The dog's-hair blankets I have described 

 in the chapter on Dogs. 



The ' Indian Burial Ground' (vide illustration) 

 was drawn from a photograph. The huge figures, 

 carved from solid trees, are placed round the 

 boxes in order to keep away evil spirits ; small tin 

 vessels, pieces of coloured cloth, the skins of small 

 animals, and all kinds of odds and ends, are hung 

 by the relatives of the dead on the boxes contain- 

 ing the body. One thing they never failto do that 

 is, to bore the bottom of the tin cups or vessels 



