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mentioned ; so that the members of a family are thus suc- 

 cessively buried and burned, to make room for each 

 other ; and one tomb proves sufficient for a family through 

 succeeding generations. There is no house in this coun- 

 try without a tomb in its vicinity. Our last course ex- 

 tended about ten miles. 



We continued our journey along the lake before the 

 house, and, crossing a river that flowed out of it, came to 

 a kind of bank, or weir, formed by the natives, for the 

 purpose of placing their fishing machines, many of which, 

 of different sizes, were lying on the side of the river. Our 

 guide placed one of them, with the certain expectation 

 that on his return he should find plenty of fish in it. We 

 proceeded nine miles further, on a good road, West- 

 South- West, when we came to a small lake : we then 

 crossed a river that ran out of it, and our guides were in 

 continual expectation of meeting with some of the natives. 

 To this place our course was a mile and an half, in the 

 same direction as the last. At nine at night we crossed a 

 river on rafts, our last distance being about four miic/3 

 South- East, on a winding road, through a swampy coun- 

 try, and along a succession of small lakes. We were now 

 quite exhausted, and it was absolutely necessary for us to 

 stop for the night. The weather being clear throughout 

 the day, we had no reason to complain of the cold. Our 

 guides encouraged us with the hope that, in two days of 

 similar exertion, we should arrive among the people of the 

 other nation. 



Monday 15. At five this morning we were again in mo- 

 tion, and passing along a river, we at length forded it. 

 This stream was not more than knee deep, about thirty 

 yards over, and with a stony bottom. The old man went 

 onward by himself, in the hope of falling in with the people, 

 whom he expected to meet in the course of the day. At 

 eleven we came up with him, and the natives whom he ex- 

 pected, consisting of five men, and part of their families- 

 They received us with great kindness, and examined us 

 with the most minute attention. They must, however, 

 have been told that we were white, as our faces no longer 

 indicated that distinguishing complection. They called 

 themselves Neguia Dinais, and were come in a different 

 direction from us, but were now going the same way, to 

 the Anah-yoe Tesse, or River, and appeared to be very 

 -much satisfied with our having joined them r They pre- 



