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It is played on with two small sticks, by a man 
who sits cross legged on the ground, and is ac- 
companied by one or more small drums. 
I also observed here a sort of amusement, or ra- 
ther inquisitorial exhibition, called by the natives 
Kongcorong. It was thus : a man, covered from 
head to foot with small boughs of trees, made his 
appearance in the afternoon near the town, and 
gave notice to the young women and girls that 
he would pay them a visit after sunset. At the 
appointed time he entered the village, preceded 
by drums, and repaired to the assembly place, 
where all were collected to meet him with the 
music and singing. He commenced by saying 
that he came to caution the ladies to be very 
circumspect in their conduct towards the whites, 
meaning the men of the Expedition, and related 
some circumstances, with which he said he was 
acquainted, little to their credit : — but, as it was 
his first time, he would neither mention names, 
nor inflict the usual punishment, namely, flog- 
ging. He, however, would take advantage of 
the first opportunity which they would be impru- 
dent enough to afford him. 
All he said was repeated by the girls in a 
sort of song, accompanied by the music and 
clapping of hands. Every one who had any 
thing to fear from his inquisitorial authority, 
made him a present j and I observed that not 
