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They are even fo fagacious as to vary their 
fires from time to time^ left their enemies 
fboiild become acquainted with their fignals, 
and treacheroQfiy employ them, in their turn, 
to furprife them. 
I am perfe£tly unacquainted with the prin- 
ciples of this language, invented with fo^ much 
ingenuity ; not having aiked them to teach 
me fo much as the elements of it, becaufe I 
was Certain they would have refufed. All I 
can fay is, that three fires kindled at the dit 
tance of twenty paces from each other, fo as to 
form an equilateral triangle, are a fignal for 
rallying ; at leaft, during the five days em-r 
ployed in calling together and waiting for the 
fcattered detachments, they made no other. 
It appears as if the marauders were at too 
great a diftance to perceive their fignals ; for 
none of them returned. Their ab fence, how- 
ever, did not prevent us from fetting out on 
the fixth day. The Houzouanas left their huts 
ftanding ; and, to announce their departure, 
four men remained in the kraal, who had 
orders to kindle other fires, and to join us in 
the night, after they had lighted them. 
This arrangement was highly difpleafing to 
