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flour, all the inhabitants ran away, and clustered on a 

 hill close by, looking at Brou and myself, who had 

 walked up to the houses. We ascertained the folks 

 had just been at their meals, and Brou, who declared 

 that he had eaten no breakfast that morning, sat down 

 and demolished the remaining victuals which he found 

 in the hut. We took what flour we wanted and left 

 corn in exchange. One of the servants who accom- 

 panied me to carry the corn, wanted as usual to steal 

 something, but I said I would not allow that, and he 

 must leave the things just as he found them. 



As we came back with the flour that we had ex- 

 changed for corn we met the arkees, and Brou said to 

 them, " Do not go up to those houses and steal the 

 things while the people are away, and then say that 

 we did it !" This was quite right, as these gentlemen 

 were hanging about, and they would most likely have 

 made a clean sweep of everything they had found, and 

 then have said that the Feringee had taken them. 

 Let me recommend to travellers, when camping near 

 a native village, to watch for a long string of women, 

 who generally bring up the water from the nearest 

 stream. Usually your servants have plenty to do 

 without going to fetch water : the best way is to take 

 the water from the women, empty it into your own 

 vessels, and let them go back and get more for 

 themselves. This we did with great success at 



