CHAPTER XL 
AMUSEMENTS. 
There is quite a variety of amusements 
among them, and no small part of their 
time is thus spent, especially by the men in 
time of peace, They practice various 
' dances. One is called the u country dance, 55 
another the " Devil's dance." ( By the way, 
would not the latter be an appropriate name 
for all dancing, as it is now practiced, both 
in enlightened and in heathen countries ? ) 
They have their country drums and fiddles 
( and strange looking things they are) to 
make music on such occasions. And as in 
America, the whole night is sometimes spent 
in dancing, and both sexes participate in 
the amusement. 
Playing the walle is a more common 
amusement, especially among headmen, and 
others of note. Walle is often played for 
gain, but whether it is a game of chance, or 
a game of slight, I was not able to dis- 
cover. 
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