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ADDA'S PROPOSAL 
[CHAr. v. 
It was fortunate that Nature had thus stocked La- 
tooka with game. It was impossible to procure any 
other meat; and not only were the ducks and geese 
to us what the quails were to the Israelites in the 
desert, hut they enabled me to make presents to the 
natives that assured them of our good will. 
Although the Latookas were far better than other 
tribes that I had met, they were sufficiently annoying • 
CRIMSON-HEADED SPUR-WINGED GOOSE. 
they gave me no credit for real good will, but they 
attributed my forbearance to weakness. On one oc¬ 
casion Adda, one of the chiefs, came to ask me to join 
him in attacking a village to procure molotes (iron 
hoes) ; he said, “ Come along with me, bring your men 
and guns, and we will attack a village near here, and 
