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his body was painted in green and white, and 

 on his head he wore a cap representing horns, 

 and wings. The other dancer had a bow and 

 arrow, with which to shoot the demon, who 

 continually beckoned him away but evaded the 

 arrow. At last after a good deal of bye-play, 

 the bow and arrow were snatched away, and 

 the owner of them shot dead, lying limp at full 

 length on the ground. The devil then took him 

 up with his teeth by his loin cloth, and lifted 

 him some yards away, a veritable tour de foree 

 for the victim was a strong built young fellow. 

 After this he suddenly revived, snatched the 

 weapon from the devil, and drove him away 

 vanquished. All the movements were accom- 

 panied by the deafening noise of tom-toms, so 

 that we were quite glad when the time came 

 when we could politely dismiss the party with 

 the usual "santhosem." 



No sooner had they departed, than another 

 set appeared. This consisted of two families, 

 who said they had brought their children to 

 salaam • us, really an excuse for getting a 

 little p ant for the children, who were a boy 

 and gfin f about the age of four and two years. 

 It was a truly comic sight to see the mothers, 

 who were covered with jewellery, take up the 

 children, and push them down with their faces 

 touching the ground, this they did two or three 

 times ; rather reminding me of the way in which 



