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with hospitality, and expect the same from us."' 

 This song was accompanied by a sort of tam- 

 bourine, which did not improve its harmony. 

 They would not climb the ship's side till we 

 had several times repeated our invitation, as it 

 is not their custom to accept the first offer of 

 hospitality, probably from a feeling of distrust- 

 On these visits, the Kalushes were more than 

 usually particular in the decoration of their 

 persons. Their faces were so thickly smeared 

 with stripes of red, black, and white paint, that 

 their natural colour could not be known. Their 

 bodies were painted with black stripes, and their 

 hair covered with a quantity of white down and 

 feathers, which were scattered around with 

 every motion of their heads. Ermine- skins are 

 also frequently fastened into the hair. A wolf 

 or bear-skin, or a blanket, tied round the neck, 

 covers their bodies, and they use an eagle's 

 wing or tail as a fan. Their feet are always 

 bare. 



When on such occasions they had seen all 

 they wished of the ship, except the cabins, (for 

 these I would not suffer them to enter, on ac- 

 count of the abominable stench left behind by 



