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place to another they always find it necessary to set fire to the 

 huts they are about to abandon, lest the gyalls should return to 

 them from the new grounds, were they left standing. Experience 

 taught the Kookie the necessity of thus destroying his huts. 



It is a fact worthy of remark, that the new and full moon 

 are the periods at which the Kookies generally commence their 

 operation of catching the wild gyalls, from having observed 

 that at these changes the two sexes are most inclined to as- 

 sociate. The same observation has been often made to me by 

 our elephant catchers. 



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