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counsel she had given, and sowed their corn at a 
distance from the river, or on high ground near 
it. However, the Missionaries continued to sow 
their fields near their sluice, and had a good 
crop, which was entirely cut down by the month 
of March, while the poor deluded natives had 
not the fifth part of an ordinary supply, having 
had but little rain ; yet they passed no censure on 
the woman who had mis-led them. 
Some time ago two young women came run- 
ning out of a garden, declaring to the people 
that they had seen God, which excited great 
alarm. These females have been greatly re- 
spected ever since, receive many presents, and 
are, as the Missionaries expressed it, become as 
fat as pigs. One of them, whom I saw, appeared 
to be under twenty years of age. 
After the birth of a child, the father is not per- 
mitted to enter the house for two moons ; at which 
period the mother undergoes certain ceremonies, 
and appears in public with some kind of tassels 
attached to her apron, to intimate her late con- 
finement. During the two moons her husband is 
not permitted to join in hunting excursions. 
When the King had recovered from his late 
sickness, a day was fixed for his publicly appear- 
ing in the inclosure, opposite to his house. — 
