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March.] RESIDENCE AT LATTAKOO. 33 
Matchappees would call us rain-makers, as so 
much had fallen since our arrival. 
Corannas from Malapeetzee called to receive 
presents ; but, as I intended to visit their place, 
I desired them to have patience till I got 
there. Their chief then reminded me of his 
having made me a present of a goat on my former 
visit, which led me to inquire if he had found a 
sheep with its lamb, that I had lost while there. 
He answered that he had not. None of them had 
ever been as far as either the Tamaha or Masliow 
countries, though Malapeetzee be on the way to 
them. 
Mateebe paid us a formal visit, at the head of 
a party, consisting of his uncle, brothers, &c. ; 
but he had nothing to say, only to shake hands, 
which all the party did after him. On their re- 
tiring, Mappooreer, a brother of Mateebe's, whom 
I had not yet seen, in consequence of his having 
been at an outpost, called. After saluting him, 
I promised to look out some presents for him 
in the afternoon, when I should be glad to see 
■4iim. On hearing this, he smiled and hastily de- 
parted. 
A short time after my arrival in the town, Ma- 
teebe made signs that he wanted some snufF„ On 
showing him how I took snuff from my deep box, 
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