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a bad omen and led all the company, except those who were bound to 
us by ag'reement, to return to their settlement: they did not want to 
accompany us even as far as Torong-Yauwise. 
516. After saying good-bye in the morning to our honest but super- 
stitious chief and landing on the eastern bank of the Cotinga, we trusted, 
our l)aggage to the corial and its pullers as far as the old landing place 
and made for Piatzang, the granite massif of which we could now admire 
at close quarters : we next crossed the Mt. Waikuah at tlie site of our old 
camp, aud again reached Torongt YauAvise AN'here the residents heartily 
welcomed us. 
517. The absolute trust A\liieh avc liad placed in the honesty 
of our friends had not Ueen abused: Ave found our things 
untouched although tlie house in Avhich our l)nggage Avas left 
had been occupied during our absence by the family to Avhom it 
belonged. Every child in the settlement knew that the little boxes and 
cases contained articles of trade, to possess wdiich their folk had accom- 
panied us as carriers, undertaken every exertion, and willingly bartered 
their Aveapons and ornaments, that it Itad taken them months to 
manufacture. By an oversight our small barrel of salt, the greatest 
luxury knoAvn to an Indian, which he only eats by the grain, had been 
left exposed, and yet this was regarded so sacredly as to allow a layer 
of dust settling on it. Our three absconders, together Avith Sororeng's 
wife, liad also spent several days liere, and l)ecause the latter could not 
travel further on foot, they had taken the Ijoat Avhich Ave had borrowed 
at Warami, to travel in it down the Cotinga. 
518. So as to resiime our journey to Pirara as quickly as possible, 
we made all arrangements tlue very next morning for the trans]iort of 
our baggage to the landing stage on the Cotinga, Avlierein the Torong'- 
YauA\ise residents lent every necessary assistance: onr late companions 
receiA'cd their well-earned rcAvard. and started home to their mountain 
valleys. 
519. On the fourth day after our ai-rival at Torong-Yauwise, the 
number of strangers who liad come to visit us Avas again over 100, some 
of wliom had been attracted by curiosity, others with a view^ to trade. 
Among the numerous throng of known and unknown Indians were to be 
seen a pair of dwarf tAvins, brother and sister. Both were of the same 
height, 3 ft. 6in., both equally uuAvieldy, a repulsiveness that was yet 
increased by the long endlessly matted hair, both of them welcome objects 
for Mr. Goodall's sketch-book. But curiously enough, the charming pair 
showed the greatest aversion and fright to sitting, and it re'quired many 
a present before the ill-shaped man could be got to consent. Our 
hopes that the sister Avould ju'ove equally complaisant, were in vain, 
because when Goodall wanted to immortalise her with his pencil, the 
little daisy had disappeared Avithout leaving a trace. From feai* of the 
imaginaiy danger threatening her, she had set out alone, during the 
night, to return to her far-distant home. The noisy scenes, the games 
and the dances which always still continued to interest ub, were 
naturally repeated every e\<'!iii!g. 
