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PIGS. 
warfare with their Kaleobar foes was some dispute 
about the division. Fishing, the chase, and war, 
are the defined duties of the male sex, and they 
throw all their heart into these when they do 
engage in them. It is rather pretty to see them 
set off fishing. They choose the darkest nights, 
and at one end of the prahu a great bundle of 
prepared wood is ablaze to attract the fish. In 
this light one can clearly see their' figures, as 
they busy themselves with preparations for 
their work, or stand poling the prahu along the 
coast in the graceful attitude so natural to them. 
A few of them keep a single pig penned close 
by the dwelling, but there were never many in 
the village, and none were ever offered to us for 
sale. These pigs are wild, and are generally 
brought in when they go on the buffalo hunt. 
W e were told that they sometimes bring back 
a buffalo, but such good fortune never happened 
while we were there. 
About the middle of our stay our coffee went 
done. We gave of it to the men when down 
with fever, knowing ourselves the advantage of 
a hot drink during the terrible ague. Then we 
were thrown entirely on tea, Alas ! that failed 
us too. Being so often sick, I did not have the 
same care of things as I should otherwise have 
