JULY.] RESIDENCE AT LATTAKOO. m 
They began by a number of women, among whom was 
the queen, dancing in a barbarous stile, and singing, 
not a song, but the word Aylatchee ! Aylatchee ! 
There was a clever girl, about ten years of age, 
whose name was Sehoiya, who frequently visited our 
waggons. She sometimes tried to teach me a few of 
their words. This day she introduced three of her 
companions, whose names were Heylobally, Kaadje, 
and Mama. They all became my teachers, and no 
doubt considered me a dull scholar, for I seldom 
pronounced a word so as to please them, but it was 
their own fault, for no sooner had one uttered half a 
word, than the other three caught it, and called it out 
as loud, as if they had supposed me as deaf as a 
rock. By this confusion of tongues, I could make 
nothing of their teaching, and though I was the only 
one present who perceived the cause, I could not 
explain it to them for want of a knowledge of their 
language. Many children were highly entertained by 
one of our people allowing them in rotation to smoafc 
his tobacco pipe for about a minute each. From the 
highest to the lowest they are not ashamed to beg 
any thing. 
Two boys who should have been attending their 
fathers catde, were playing by our waggons, when 
their fether entered the square. The instant he saw 
them, he ran towards them in the most furious savage 
manner, and lashed them with all his might. They 
fled as if for life, but on getting out of his reach, they 
