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expressed it to me, he could have taken Ahmoleen by 

 the middle and dashed him down upon the earth. 



Ka-oong-ah, the Httle daughter of Yaneenga, almost 

 the realisation of one's idea of what she herself must 

 have been as a child, concludes my present detail of 

 this party ; she was lithe of limb, prattling, rosy, and 

 merry as a bird, a most ingenious little sempstress, 

 and delighted to make all sorts of queer httle bags 

 and gloves and dolls for me, whose especial favourite 

 she was, and whom it was her delight to plague. 



In addition to these personages we were favoured 

 by the presence of Mahkatzan, black, oily, and 

 grasping; Omdooyah, and his wife, Attah. Now, 

 Omdooyah, although not a chief, was such a very 

 queer fellow, that I cannot refrain from noticing some 

 of his peculiarities ; and Attah was so unceasing and 

 troublesome, but at the same time so very useful a 

 visitor, that she likewise deserves a moment's atten- 

 tion. Omdooyah was an original of the first water, 

 and a very funny one to boot. Fii'st as to personnel : 

 he was unHke everybody else ; his frame was large and 

 somewhat heavy, and in this he slightly resembled 

 our friend Mooldooyah, but here all comparison 

 ended. His frame was broad and square, but loose 

 and ungainly, with limbs which constantly disputed 

 their mutual affinity, and ever played at hide and 



