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existence among this people of the best emotions of 

 the heart had no other been afforded. 



Of all the articles of dress possessed by our friends, 

 none was more coveted than a pair of breeches made 

 by Caymgliche for her husband Metra ; some one 

 among us had seen them when on a visit to Wootair, 

 Caymgliche displaying them with honest pride, and 

 the encomiums on that occasion inflamed the rest with 

 a desire to view and to possess these wondrous 

 inexpressibles, which were indeed very handsome, 

 being splendidly dressed dogskin, with long glossy 

 and perfectly jet black hair. They created quite a 

 furore, but Caymgliche was deaf to all moderate or 

 even good offers, and placed a prohibitory price 

 upon them, notwithstanding which hopes were still 

 entertained of their being yielded at a lower price 

 by and by. 



During one of the many visits I made to Wootair, 

 Caymgliche was suffering greatly from violent headache 

 and low fever, which, as there was no one present better 

 qualified, I endeavoured to relieve ; bandaged her 

 head with handkerchiefs dipped in cooling lotions, 

 prepared some savoury broth, and in fact did a good 

 deal in the nursing way, which would have made me 

 a subject for mirth among my companions, and I dare 

 say with many of my fair readers too. The laugh 



