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their backs, they did not remain above a second on 
the ground ; they rose instantly, and ran away 
without daring to look behind. The chief employ- 
ments of the men are dressing skins and making 
cloaks in the public places. We visited several 
other districts in that direction, but none of them 
were so extensive. At one place we stopped a 
short time with a blacksmith^ who was making a 
pick-axe. He had three in hand, which were 
nearly jfinislied ; an assistant was employed to 
blow the bellows. A hard flint-stone served for 
his anvil, but he had a hammer with an iron head 
and a wooden handle, resembling the blacksmiths' 
small ore-hammer in England. 
On returning to the waggons we sent for Mu- 
nameets, to obtain some information from him 
about a public meeting, respecting which nothing- 
had yet transpired. He could give us no intelli- 
gence upon this point, but said that some were 
recommending that we should join them in an 
expedition against a neighbouring nation who 
had robbed them of cattle. This information we 
did not relish. We formed conjectures on the 
cause of the Regent never having visited our 
tent, and that neither he nor any other had yet 
asked our reason for visiting them. We had 
likewise been informed that five Wanketzens had 
come from Makkabba, their murderous chief, on 
some business, the nature of which we could not 
