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down ere we were com- 

 pletely surrounded with 

 canoes, the numbers of 

 which were almost every 

 moment reinforced b}' 

 fresh arrivals. All the 

 natives were armed with 

 bows and arrows, and 

 with long spears tipped, 

 as among the Nufoor- 

 eans, with bone. These 

 people a few years ago 

 bore the worst of char- 

 acters, and although 

 they have much im- 

 proved, are even now by 

 no means entirely to 



WATEIUXG - PLACE NEAR ANSUS. 



