AFRICA. 
Finally, I reminded them of the fervlces I had 
been fo eager to render them, and warmly 
thanked them for thofe they had rendered me 
In their turn. 
This produced the eiFe£t I expedled. They 
all renewed their profeffions of friendflilp and 
attachment, both in their own name and that 
pf their comrades. The women themfelves 
pointing to the jewels and ornaments I had 
beftowed on them, gave me to underftand, 
that they would confider it as a duty to wear 
them, that all the Houzouanas might learn 
to know the white tnan, the friend of thei^ 
pation. 
I was much flattered by thefe expreflions of 
gratitude, from which I derived the more 
pleafure, as they proceeded from thofe who 
had not fhared in the prizes of knives which I 
had fo recently diftributed. 
As 3i compenfatiou for this, I added liberally 
to th^ ornaments I had already beftowed on 
theiji, others of the fame kind, with which they 
were highly pleafed. The company of the 
women of my caravan had given them feme 
tafte for drefs. They were proud of thus 
prnamenting thernfelves before their hufbands, 
who 
