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and had we owned the house we could scarcely have felt more at 

 home. I gave the men and women tobacco-boxes and looking- 

 glasses, and to the children about fifty coppers apiece, all of which 

 were received with childish enthusiasm. 



After a long confab by lantern and torch-Hght, I hung my liam- 

 mock and musquitero, for the mosquitoes were quite troublesome, 

 and Eng Quee rigged up his curtain in a corner close by. The 

 other members of our party sought soft places on the floor, and 

 being thoroughly tired with our long day's work, we wex'e soon 

 beyond the realms of thought or care. 



