CHAPTER XL 



Vexatious detention. — Attempts at instruction. — Tu.ski delicacy. — Enmity 

 explained.— The coat of mail.— Yandangah. — Noonahmone. — Startling 

 information. — Farewell to Ahmoleen. — Tragic tidings. — Return to the 

 " Plover." 



We were greatly annoyed to find the 25th the 

 reverse of its predecessor: the wind blew fiercely, 

 and snow fell heavily, quite marring all hopes of 

 inspection and advance. Thus disappointed in our 

 desires, we sought occupation in-doors, first by 

 making observations with the magnet, and afterwards 

 becoming sufficiently engaged in the society of our 

 host. He was full of conversation, and never ceased 

 to ply us with questions respecting our visit, our 

 country, and our possessions, displaying great 

 shrewdness in his queries, and, generally, a ready 

 perception of our explanations. On the subject of 

 religion alone his ideas were almost entirely at 

 fault ; doubtless we were not the most apt teachers, 

 although endeavouring to communicate only the 

 primitive principles, and those in the simplest 



