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reproach attaining its climax, she raised her passionate face for a second, 
glanced at her husband with a pained yet at the same time deeply con- 
temptuous expression, and then let her head sink upon her shoulders 
again. Our Warraus, but particularly Maicerwari, watched and 
listened with the most rapt attention to the whole course of the 
enquiry without a sound of approval or disapproval escaping them. 
600. Mr. King accordingly felt himself at least bound to punish the 
Warrau for having assaulted his wife, and got Caberalli to explain how 
wrongly and unbecomingly he had acted, and at the same time to tell 
him what punishment the Great Queen had ordered to be inflicted 
when white married people beat one another. In conformity with this 
law he felt himself bound in this instance to make him pay two dollars 
as compensation to his wife, whom he at the same time ordered was to be 
allowed to return to her parents. Willi his chin supported between the 
thumb and forefinger of his right hand, the Warrau listened to the 
verdict and remained in this pensive attitude long after Mr. King had 
finished; Caberalli at last addressed and asked him whether he was 
satisfied with it, when he replied “Had the Great Queen known of the 
existence of such lazy women as my wife, she would certainly never have 
made such a law, but would have allowed (lie men to beat at least the 
lazy ones.'’ On hearing this naive reply I could not keep myself from 
laughing, whereat the husband seemed to lie surprised. “That it just 
fell in with liis wishes,” he continued, “that she should return to her 
parents, but the two dollars he could not pay, as he had not got them.” 
When, however, Mr. King replied that he must therefore come with him 
to Georgetown, he hurried off after a short while to borrow the money in 
his own village. I firmly believed be would never return, but I was 
mistaken: in the course of three hours be was again in Mr. King's 
presence and put down the compensation money which was now handed 
over to his wife. 
607. The remaining complaints to be heard also consisted for the 
most part of disputes with Warraus who had bought corials from the 
Arawaks, and had not paid for them, etc., until at last Mr. King closed 
his Court at sundown. I deeply regretted that I was conversant neither 
with the Arawalc nor Warrau language, because by Caberalli’s transla- 
tion a number of personal traits in the naive replies and speeches of 
complainant and defendant were certainly lost to me. 
60S. As we had only engaged the Warraus as far as here, we paid 
them off what we owed them with “trade” in the evening so that we 
should suffer no delay on this account next morning when we wanted to 
leave for Georgetown. The grief-stricken face of Maicerwari betrayed 
only too clearly how deeply he fell the pain of parting from the members 
of his tribe. 
609. Leaving Asaeota Ihe following day we returned to our corials 
where we found the people whom we had left behind in sound health and 
strength. No sooner had Mr. King informed the two rebellious Negroes 
that he had made up Ids mind definitely to leave them behind here, than 
they went and begged Caberalli for a place in his corial : he however refus- 
ed them with a contemptuous “No,” One expectation being accordingly 
