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an excellent meal, being. ^ :&otii feeiliii^- iipnu 

 tlie ricli l3iio'niio;. So eap'or are these fcatliereil 

 blacks or Arabiils after tin's tofxl, that tliey attack 

 it even when it is preparing by the natives ; but 



food ti niisinrtun(\ tliey hiy in wait for thc AlJabttls,. 

 M'ith waddies or clnbs, kill thenj. iu grieat ntim- 

 bers^ and use them as fond. 



The Arabul is, 1 believe, not distinct from 

 ilie '^Dipjtioii ttw f<Mti^ &^ ilh^ IsEiEidd^ aiid. 

 which IB called " Gundagiaar *' (a WtJi^fllii'* hf 

 the natives ; tlio distinction, according to native 

 report, is, that the *'fat fellers," or those who 

 feed, oa the Bugoug, are called Arabul, and 

 tfie poor tat Isk&s^ wltt^ piek up what 



they calk get oa the low lands, are designated by 

 the latter names. Ahont Fehraary and March 

 the former ^ isit the lowland, having become in 

 fine plump condition from their luxurious feed- 

 ing* Tfee lis^blag^of «©iaaiij^ 

 of natives at this seastm &lMiiit Al^^liate range, 

 and for similar objects, causes frequent skir- 

 mishes to take |)Iace between them ; and often- 

 times tins particular place and season is aj^pointed 

 to decide ainmosities 1)3r^4^ial bal^^^i mi tii^ 

 cotjqtteaHai |>i&Jty lose their supply of Bngong for 

 the season. 



The height of the Bugong mountain may be 



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