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mountaineers. This, however, was not so easily done. A . 

 quarrel took place, and the natives, refusing to obey the 

 imperious orders of the lieutenant, got out their knives 

 and spears to attack him and his soldiers ; and Mr. Allen 

 himself was obliged to interfere to protect those who had 

 come to guard him. The respect due to a white man and 

 the timely distribution of a few presents prevailed ; and, 

 on showing the knives, hatchets, a.nd beads he was willing 

 to give to those who accQmpanied him, peace was restored, 

 and the next day, travelKng over a frightfully rugged 

 country, they reached the villages of the mountaineers. 

 Here Mr. Allen remained a month without any inter- 

 preter through whom he could understand a word or 

 communicate a want. However, by signs and presents 

 and a pretty liberal barter, he got on very well, some 

 of them accompanying him every day in the forest to 

 shoot, and receiving a small present when he was suc- 

 cessful. 



In the grand matter of the Paradise Birds, however, 

 little was done. Only one additional species was found, 

 the Seleucides alba, of which he had already obtained a 

 specimen in Salwatty ; but he learnt that the other kinds, 

 of which he showed them drawings, were found two or 

 three days' journey farther in the interior. When I sent 

 my men from Dorey to Amberbaki, they heard exactly the 

 same story — that the rarer sorts were only found several 



