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FIRST VIEW OF NATIVES. 
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donkeys, I would abandon her. Koorshid Aga's boats 
were passing us in full sail when his diahbiah sud¬ 
denly carried away her rudder, and went head first 
into the morass. I serve out grog to the men when 
the drum beats at sunset, if all the boats are together. 
NUEHR NATIVES COMING TO THE BOATS. 
Jan. 13 th .— Stopped near a village on the right bank 
in company with Koorshid Aga’s two diahbiahs. The 
natives came down to the boats—they are something 
superlative in the way of savages; the men as naked 
