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SPEECH OF MUNAMEETS. 
[1820. 
God's law written on their hearts, and possess 
excusing and accusing consciences. 
As soon as Pelangye had concluded, the leadet 
of the singing began a song, in which the whole 
assembly joined. Their singing between the 
speeches may be designed to give time for 
another speaker to come forward. While they 
were singing, Munameets our guide rose with his 
usual gravity, wearing one of my pocket hand- 
kerchiefs on his head. He began by giving three 
barks like a young dog, when four of his men 
burst forth from the ranks, and danced lustily, 
some of them being old, they were rather stiff in 
their movements, which afforded great amusement. 
After these had danced a few minutes, and exhi- 
bited their mode of attacking an enemy, old 
Munameets, and Pelangye, a man about six feet 
two or three inches high, stepped out and danced 
a little, on which Munameets proceeded to his 
speech. 
He said, their rain-maker had been at Lattakoo, 
and had been kindly treated while there, but he 
was sorry that Salakootoo his relation, who was 
sent to protect him part of the way, had treated 
him ill ; on which account the people of Lattakoo 
had considered the want of rain they had expe- 
rienced as coming upon them ; but when he came 
