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house, adorned themselves afresh each time with white 

 paint and, entering the dancing house, frantically capered 

 round outside the circle of the parasheera, rousing the 

 latter by frantic whistlings and shouts to fresh exertions 

 and fresh potations — and never in vain. 



I lett the place at seven the next morning, having some 

 difficulty in inducing one or two of my own Macoosis to 

 start ; for my men, though they had not been allowed to 

 take part in the dance- had indeed only been allowed 

 by stealth to enter the dancing house — had yet been 

 given, outside the house, a very fair share of the liquor. 

 The proceedings were then still in full vigour, except 

 that the headman of the parasheera and the leader of 

 the kimiti no longer sat talking at the door, but lay 

 there prostrate and overcome. I was assured by some 

 of my own men that the proceedings would continue as 

 long as the paiwarie lasted, which might be all that day 

 and partly on into the next night ; but that as soon as 

 the liquor was finished the procession would move off, 

 with as near the same ceremony as their state allowed, 

 to the next settlement, and would there go through the 

 same performance. 1 was fortunate in seeing them only 

 at the first settlement, but the party was engaged to 

 visit three others. In each case, I was told, the number 

 of the parasheera would be swelled by the men and 

 boys of each of the settlements at which they had 

 already danced. 



On the evening of their arrival I enticed several of 

 the dancers out by presents of pipes and tobacco, but 

 ccu.d hardly get them to stand to the camera, from 

 which they always lied in terror. Of course, my night 

 was sleepless, and was at first much disturbed by occa- 



