Hunting 
of the market women. I could not frighten them 
away with my gun. After I had driven them 
away by shooting a few, they would return in 
full force in an hour or two. 
A species of crow having a white breast were 
as numerous as the hawks but not so trouble¬ 
some. They roosted in the trees of the town 
and passed the day in the farms. Their cawing 
in the early morning was always a signal that 
day was breaking and that the people were leav¬ 
ing for the farms. The natives seemed to have 
a superstitious affection for them and the crows, 
in turn, seemed to have as little fear of man as 
do domestic fowls. 
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