358 TRAVELS OF AARON. 
the eastw ard, at the distance of five days' journey, called 
the Morrimussanee, that sold linen, some of which they 
had seen, they obtained liberty from Sibinell for Aaron 
to go there and procure a supply. With reluctance he 
consented. On reaching that nation, Aaron could not 
obtain what he wanted, wherefore he continued his 
journey to the eastward. In two days he came to the 
Maquaina nation ; but they were in a state of warfare 
with the nation beyond, and would not permit him to 
proceed forward ; he was therefore obliged to return 
without accomplishing his object. The Moquainas told 
hira there were Macuas [or white people] residing beyond 
them, who sold guns, powder, horses, waggons, clothes, 
pots, &c., but that cattle in that country were scarce ; 
that their houses were white; that clothes and linen for 
sale were packed high above each other in their houses ; 
that they send up balloons into the air, and added, God 
is in them ; that the town stands on the opposite side 
of a wide water, which they cross on rafts. They also 
told him that on the near side of the water there was a 
nation with long hair and brown complexion, among 
whom a white woman lives, who receives goods from a 
town on the opposite side of the water, and sells them to 
the natives. 
The white men's town they reported to be so near the 
Morrimussanee that it could be seen from the top of a 
mountain in the neighbourhood. 
Aaron saw the banana growing in the gardens of the 
Moquainas, whose houses were superior to those of the 
Bootchuanas, having painted walls and plastered ceilings. 
He saw much metal, which they said was gold, and more 
beads than he had ever seen in the colony. They have 
one house for living in, another for sleeping in, a third 
for cooking, and others for stores. 
The natives do not paint their bodies like the Boot- 
chuanas and Barrolongs, but wear many rings on their 
necks and legs ; however, they dress much after the same 
