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TRAVELS IN 
Though at this place there could not be fewer than three 
hundred men and women, exclusive of a numerous troop of 
young boys and girls who were ordered by their parents, 
to keep at a distance ; yet not a hut of any kind was to 
be seen. Their dwellings were all concealed in the midst o^ 
the shrubbery, consisting only of a few living twigs, whose 
tops Avere bent and interwoven into each other, forming a. 
frame, of the shape of a parabola, about five feet high and 
eight in diameter. These frames were rudely covered over 
with branches of trees and long grass, and were evidently 
intended only as temporary abodes. 
A chief of the name of Tooley paid us a visit, drank a few 
glasses of wine which he seemed very much to relish, and. 
received a small present of beads and tobacco; but the 
object that seemed most to engage his attention was the 
wish to procure for himself a pair of breeches. Among 
our party were a few tolerable stout and tall men, yet none 
of their breeches would admit of Tooley 's thighs. He was a 
strong muscular man, of six feet in height, and remarkabl}^ 
well made. He was good-humored and cheerful, but did 
not appear to be possessed of much intellect. He declined 
entering into any conversation that led to the purport of our 
journey, and said that his brother Malloo, who was one of 
the first of the KafFer chiefs, would talk to us on that subjects 
An express was therefore sent for Malloo^ who was at a little 
distance on the upper part of the river. It was not' long be- 
fore he made his appearance, followed by a third chief of the 
name of Etonie. 
