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HUNTING THE DEER. 
covered Avitli spiral strips of red, white, and Idue 
cloth. On the Avrists they wore brass and Avhite 
metal bracelets ; their hair Avas AAmrn in tAAm long 
tails, reaching, to the AA^aist, Avith narroAv strips 
of red cloth at the ends. There Avas an ornament 
at the back of the head bet\A^een the tails, a 
leathern band edged Avith blue beads,- AAuth a 
central line of cowries and brass beads hanging 
beloAA^ it. Their earrings AA^ere of silver, AAdtii 
pendent brass rings and jade-stone ornaments ; 
and a small ring of silver, Avith a glass drop to 
it, Avas Avorn through the right ala of the nose. An 
old lady of the party, having a partiality for spirits, 
helped herself to friend Buckley s collecting bottle, 
containing rum — and beetles. The latter she ima- 
gined to be there to add a piquancy to the former, 
but could not make up her mind to SAvalloAv them. 
The deer, A\diich are numerous on the plains, 
are hunted at early dawn, as they come to drink 
in the small streams, among the long grass, 
at the bottom of the broad valleys. The hunters 
creep on their hands and knees, and on the 
