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fhooting at a mark with bow and arrows; and 
another out-door game, called Holl, which in 
fome meafure refembles playing with coits ; 
only it is done with fhort clubs, fharp at one end. 
They alfo amufe themfelves at times with danc- 
ing, which is always performed in the night. It 
is remarkable that thofe people, though a diftiné 
nation, have never adopted any mode of dancing 
of their own, or any fongs to which they can 
dance; fo that when any thing of this kind is 
attempted, which is but feldom, they always en- _ 
deavour to imitate either the Dog-ribbed or Sou- 
thern Indians, but more commonly the former, as _ 
few of them are {ufliciently acquainted either 
with the Southern Indian language, or their mane — 
ner of dancing. The Dog-ribbed method is not 
very difficult to learn, as it only confifts in lift: 
ing the feet alternately from the ground in-a 
very quick fucceflion, and as high as poflible, 
without moving the body, which fhould-be kept 
quite {till and motionlefs ; the hands at the fame 
time being clofed, and held clofe to the breaft, 
and the head inclining forward. This diverfion 
is always performed quite naked, except the 
breech-cloth, and at times that is alfo thrown off; 
and the dancers, who feldom exceed three or 
four at a time, always ftand clofe to the mufic. 
The mufic may, by ftraining a point, be called 
both vocal and inftrumental, though both are |} 
fufficiently humble. The former is no more 
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