ENCAMPMENTS. 
pcrsed themselves a good deal on hunting excursions, and 
burned the grass on the forest grounds for that purpose 
from April to September, I think when they move, that 
their women and children accompany them, as female 
voices were frequently heard at a distance at night, pro- 
ceeding from their encampments. They generally encamp 
on sandy banks, amongst the mangroves^ or on drj' open 
spots near swamps, or on the sea-coast. They do not 
give themselves the trouble of constructing wigw^ams in 
the dry season, merely forming a bed of palm-leaves, or 
long grassj whenever they repose for the night; but 
dui'ing the wet season they have some covering, and 
their encampment being more stationary, displays a little 
comfort, and is generally in a pleasant spot near the 
sea. 
" The following is an account of my visit to one. Upon 
landing under the high sandy beach, we came upon 
an extensive encampment of natives ; the men, women, 
and children, all fled like frighted deer, and left us 
quietly to examine their domestic economy. Tliere 
were thirty wigwams, all made of newly-stripped bark j 
each consisted of a single sheet of bark, formed into 
a shed or mere roof, open at each end, with a fire 
at the entrance; the interior space was four feet and 
a half long, three in width, and three feet high. Pieces 
of soft silky bark, rolled up in several folds, and an- 
swering as pillows and seats, were in each wigwam. 
Some of these erections were placed under spreading 
shrubs ; and the tAvigs being artfully entwined into each 
other, formed a tasteful inclosure. Several of them were 
ornamented mside by figures drawn in white clay ; one 
