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Caberalli’s Stronghold, 
that we had nothing to fear. Hardly was peace re-established than tin*, 
whole of the residents hastened to obey Caberalli's orders. The men 
caught up their guns, bows and fishing-rods, while the adult portion ot 
the female sex was not even vouchsafed sufficient time to scrutinise the 
strange unexpected guests more closely. The first order of the attentive 
chief was to collect the whole of the bread and meat supply in the settle- 
ment and heap it in one of the houses, to put the pepper-pots on the tire, 
and to make bread of the cassava in stock. While this was being carried 
out by some of the women with the greatest diligence, others hurried off 
with baskets to fetch fresh cassava from the field. 
590. 1 shall never forget my delight on the first bit of bread passing 
my lips, and wlen with a really ravenous appetite we devoured a meal 
that everybody would have considered too large for double the number 
of consumers. Immediately after our arrival an Indian carried the 
promised rations to our watchmen who had remained behind with the 
large corials. 
591. Our host, honest Gaberalli, indeed carried out his promise to 
the very letter. Without thinking of himself he searched every house, 
threw the overjoyed Hamlet here a pair of fowls, after twisting their 
necks, and there a bundle of yams or plantains — in fact, nothing 
remained hidden from his inquisitive search which the hurry of the 
surprised housewives might have forgotten, or anxiety for their own 
requirements had retained. Friend Hamlet was soon surrounded with 
heaps of the- most varied provisions so that at last he did not even 
rightly know which to begin with. The tireless chief devoted similar 
attention to the Warraus accompanying us. 
592. After the turbulent demands of the inner man had been satisfied 
I took a more careful survey of our surroundings. The houses were 
generally large and roomy, and not only in their construction, but also in 
respect of cleanliness and the love of order that prevailed under their 
roofs, were in no way inferior to those of the Waikas. A large number 
of the male residents wore coloured-print shirts, many among the 
females being clothed in the same way. Associated with these naturally 
unmistakable signs of advanced culture were still others appertaining to 
household arrangements, such as tables, chairs, etc: in fact everything 
that Caberalli had bragged about concerning his residence stood the test 
of truth, while the high praise bestowed by him on the beautiful young 
girls of his tribe, which to be sure we had already heard extolled in 
Georgetown, appeared to be no vain boast at all. Their whole figure 
was distinguished not only by a beautiful evenness of shape, but particu* 
larly by the vigorous fullness of their limbs. An expression of meekness, 
peculiar to the race, lent a higher charm to the facial features of sufficient 
interest otherwise, and the long brilliant black hair which either hung 
down in two pretty plaits or was twined round the crown after the style of 
a spiral nest contributed an essential ornament to their full figures. The 
men wore their hair cut short. Tire painting with Arnatto is not cus- 
tomary with them: in its place the female sex especially tattoo both 
corners of the mouth, and the situations of the eye-brows, which have 
been carefully pulled out in early childhood. The pattern oyer the eyes 
