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ftiiai'Jtig little conrid^^iiuc betwcon oiii^ 

 auQlUitr ; they urc alire to reproacb, are 

 susceptible ani] jc^ilous- they lell no 

 lies att other Aai^ucs, who lie, ivhen Ihcy 

 can gam by duiiig stf, without tUcin- 

 selves (uiLii^tderirig it as any mci at all. 

 The Mniiiti'A!? art: of a joyful diflpo- 

 «itioD. Therf? ^ifi tiro petiods In IhiQ 

 ymr, durtn|? wliich tUcy Iny aside aVi 

 wmk and abundttii them$retvcs to their 

 favorite games and paatlnics in 

 ibrtjs;:ust after thi^y hi\VE fO\rn (he rice, 

 anti ill Jmiuary ivbeu tliey h^ivu iffap- 

 cd it. 



U is <1m1(iff these t^ro nioutUs they ar- 

 gayctit^ euoti fuiixily gives a ftbtival sf* 

 tcr having g^iiihcred the rice, at^bldi 

 iiQt only the uicn wDtncu and cbUde 

 ren t»ke part, but also tjieir faTouflle 

 Alonkeyi9 and Dogs* To do nothing, 

 to eat walif and tu sleep wtil^ is tUe 

 greatest hnppiuees to *^lddi tl)c»e 

 peuple aspire. On these dayaof re- 

 joicing, tuo men, aruied witii long- 

 iiwords of woodj eij^uge iitttunik figbt; 

 adt'auce, retire, thrui^c, guards and 

 make ludicrous gestures and con- 

 torliODS ; at other times Lbey slmu- 

 late a bunt of Monkeyai Tlie prin- 

 cipal gau>ejs are thoie of piro- 

 quet, and ragtSf — aometlung; like our 

 j^amc uf fuot balU The inunlh uf Ja- 

 nui^ry, whieh i^ also a reason of gaiety 

 aiid aniuBeaientj is the oue in which 

 I her pv^ themseWes over to the 

 enjoyment of mu^ic. At that sea- 



