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tinual dancing, believing that it animates the courage, 
and increases the strength of their husbands. 
Those who are on friendly terms with each other, 
are very sociable in their habits. They frequently 
visit each other, and keep up that kind of intercourse 
which is calculated to strengthen both parties; lend¬ 
ing and borrowing provisions in times of temporary 
scarcity, and rendering prompt assistance on every 
trying occasion. When they meet at each other’s 
houses, their amusements consist in the chase, and in 
calling upon the neighbouring chiefs; and when in 
doors, they recount the deeds of their ancestors, 
which are handed down from father to son, and form 
the principal object of their invitation, and fund of 
conversation. They also consult together, how they 
shall annoy their enemies, and lay their plans for 
future expeditions. They entertain each other in a 
sumptuous manner, if a late war have not desolated 
the province. On these occasions, their wine is 
liberally dispensed, and songs,dancing, and merriment, 
are kept up with great spirit. 
The chiefs never go out without a fowling-piece, 
and a stick tipped with iron, the other end of which 
is ornamented with a tuft of cow’s hair. They seldom 
move out for mere exercise or amusement, considering 
it quite unnecessary to add to the common fatigues of 
life. The slaves do the chief part of the work, 
though on some occasions, when more haste than 
ordinary is required, (as is the case after an invasion 
from a neighbouring enemy, when the rice and corn 
