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MISSIONARY LIFE 
CHAPTER XI. 
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 
country dance,” another the devil’s dance.” 
By the way, would not the latter be an appro- 
priate name for most 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. 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 head-men, and others of note. 
Walle is often played for gain, but whether it is 
a game of chance, or purely of sleight, I was not 
able to discover. 
This much I know, that bits of tobacco about 
