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and even if they meet with a house, they 

 will attempt to scale the walls to keep the 

 unbroken tenor of their way. But though 

 this is the general order of their rout, they 

 upon other occasions, are obliged to conform 

 to the face of the country; and if it is 

 intersected with rivers, they are then seen 

 to wind along the course of the stream. 

 They are often obliged to halt for want of 

 rain, and go into the most convenient encamp- 

 ment till the weather changes. The main 

 body of the army is composed of females, 

 which never leave the mountains till the rain 

 is set in for some time. The night is their 

 chief time of proceeding ; but if it rains by 

 day, they do not fail to profit by the occasion ; 

 and they continue to move forward in their 

 slow uniform manner. When the sun shines, 

 and is hot upon the surface of the ground, 

 they make a universal halt, and wait till the 

 cool of the evening. When they are terrified, 

 they march back, in a confused disorderly 

 manner, holding up their nippers, with which 

 they sometimes tear off a piece of the skinj 

 and then leave the weapon where they in- 

 flicted the wound. They even try to inti- 



