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heard in the forest around, but only one of the latter 

 was obtained. At the settlement itself there was little 

 to be had except the commonest of Indian utensils and 

 fittings. A fowl and some babracoted haimara were 

 bought, and this but incited an offer of eggs, which, 

 to my extreme disgust, turned out to be in an advanced 

 stage of incubation. 



It was amusing to study the numbers that gathered 

 along one side of the house at various times during 

 the day, and especially during breakfast and dinner, when 

 they sat and watched the process of eating. Evidently, 

 the spoons, knives, forks, plates, etc., were new to many 

 of them. With the exception of two of the men, they 

 asked for nothing, however; and when something had 

 been given to a few of the party who then departed, the 

 others only waited as though for their own turn. One 

 of the men who had been at a wood-cutting grant, and 

 who spoke a little English, made himself a perfe6l nuisance, 

 and when but scant courtesy was shown him, made 

 attempt to retaliate by asking for rent of his house. As 

 the day before, on our arrival, we had been given the 

 house because the owner was absent, I was able to deal 

 with him satisfa6lorily, and on informing him that the 

 woman who had assigned us the house would receive 

 a gift, he fortunately rid us of his presence for the 

 rest of the time. The other man, with but a few words of 

 English at his disposal, wanted a little of everything that 

 he saw ; and but for a casual drink of quinine, for some 

 of which he begged on seeing me take it, he might have 

 been even a greater nuisance. As he saw me toss 

 mine off at once, he did the same, on my representing 

 it, to the dose that I gave him in a little water, and luckily 



