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-and dip it in a juice, expreffed from the bark of a tree, 
called kokka , which they rub brilkly upon the piece that is 
making. This, at once, leaves a dull brown colour, and a 
dry glofs upon its furface; the ffcamp, at the fame time, 
making a flight impreflion, that anfwers no other pur- 
pofe that I could fee, but to make the feveral pieces, that 
are glued together, flick a little more firmly. In this man¬ 
ner they proceed, joining and flaming by degrees, till they 
produce a piece of cloth, of fuch length and breadth as 
they want; generally leaving a border, of a foot broad, at 
the fides, and longer at the ends, unftained. Through¬ 
out the whole, if any parts of the original pieces are too 
thin, or have holes, which is often the cafe, they glue fpare 
bits upon them, till they become of an equal thicknefs. 
When they want to produce a black colour, they mix the 
foot procured from an oily nut, called dooedooe^ with the 
juice of the kokka , in different quantities, according to the 
propofed depth of the tinge. They fay, that the black fort 
of cloth, which is commonly moft glazed, makes a cold 
drefs, but the other a warm one; and, to obtain ftrength 
in both, they are always careful to join the fmall pieces 
lengthwife, which makes it impoflible to tear the cloth in 
any direction but one. 
On our return from the country, we met with Feenou, 
and took him, and another young Chief, on board to din¬ 
ner. When our fare was fet upon the table, neither of 
them would eat a bit; faying, that they were taboo avy. 
But, after inquiring how the victuals had been dreffed, 
having found that no avy (water) had been ufed in cooking 
a pig and fome yams, they both fat down, and made a 
very hearty meal; and, on being affured that there was no 
water in the wine, they drank of it alfo. From this we 
P p 2 conjectured, 
