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intended to amuse myself with shooting. In the 

 evening I heard the nagarrah (great drum) 

 beating on a high tree ; and I was surprised to 

 see five or six hundred people assembled around 

 my tent, armed with bows and arrows, spears 

 and swords ; two of them only having match- 

 lock guns. They all accompanied me to the 

 sport, but I had not the least controul over them ; 

 in fact, they were too anxious to kill the game 

 themselves to listen to my directions, taking it 

 for granted that all I wanted was to have game 

 killed ; and indeed had they attended to what I 

 said, I do not think they would have understood 

 my language, as I could not understand theirs. 

 Although I saw several deer, I could not fire 

 at any, through fear of wounding the people. 

 They killed with their arrows several small ani- 

 mals, a peacock, and an owl of large size and 

 most beautiful plumage. 



To one of the young men who was extremely 

 active, I gave an English sixpenny clasp knife, 

 and when I shewed him how to open it, he was 

 so delighted that he fell on the ground salaming 

 (the most submissive obeisance), and I could riot 

 prevent his accompanying me two days march on 

 my. return. 



