theyv/make$'alaw&nce fori i Jieapr pefo? s ands 1tl|e- odd portions jfof
takn^r#UicRfrateinnM ekedsacabte; j ffgnlp; -gffotdftfop*;, is
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w p rckby adding a fSay ht© .the-(former year. The :&'4s^lW%
ofevthbs yeamthey > name • .Wamchmahaye, tho/$e®®ijd;.|Pemalmy^*
and s0(f6ffl;|, -^s#p:1 one enfling'inr.the? favourite
njodfiii i <a®egqy>fee donts/r divided» into^ T^i^kfS-.;^j£jgjjfejfeji j days. > nKte
fitefe day t oft thgc week «tiioKreofiispoB^s^ -Ihflf
call Fmdahd, then, Sandndahe,
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ai£ the Sclavs tea xdhLchjtheyflperf^m -thefo^ .p^gio^j^fie^ifoni^i^
.Tte uday, whichoiS re ek o i^y ^o in i.§ u ^ i|^} t(^ faaBfes^w is divided
into fifteen hours,; and th e 1 flight: into jas( ;many,,7y ^ i^ ,j fo r,^
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In> their state - o f society, the;ies£acri raeasiiremfpfrtQsf -tipap *ji$
not of particular consequence, • and thereforef we.-jfindr t^eny-very
-littiet sohel&ojis'spout dealing^nat scrupulously an article of which
tdifeyi doMiifoknuBderStand .the; value. . I t . docs no.t ;appearr »that,
foefori^th»-arrival Sof|Europeans»»; the island, .tpe^^pylonhse
‘had* contrived/ ewee,» the, te d f sf c s^ n fo s ;^ ,dkjl* r!f ^ Pi^ y .?^ r t i ^
calaE_om^io»&( &eyo emplpydd ^ f:i(?ess^(swith
torn,? tl^ajt:; det;-put th e ; water'. vhtk| "which 4^0fj|S.^Ifodji- *%$§£
<hdjlr aechrding^itOK^hhiSo divisiQSh This rude0dns|mg(fopt .w,as
«ufoeiejat-ifor ?ibi^ip^BJ®«|es^^o^f[F^f«5ye9 ^Wpfoi-ifep^lpgf
,«ed; uffile§si jat | court: ceremonials. St
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tended skdir;iU;a#troli)^yl,'[ % #P®?MS dindeed,, that^thpy/ Jferp
formerly possessed ■ ;pf r)&ome ^literatqre, a s well as • of j .soroe- r e -
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'scriptihns' ohave .bêern dftsdoveteedi whieh tthey arednmv. uoablei to
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;a‘ccompapie«t -by*»ftheb/patipes, * apd- assi^ed^'hy xâ^^their frtradi-
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with;ahnif©,i'miïd!bfé tlfon, ;iwitbout ;apyrQtber jp.pparatipnp ,ready
•tojibèbtfèëit A diie poibted,: steel pencil, like- a«vbddbin}; apd,(spt
an ^’iawsdvoQdstPt I©r.l ivory»- bbndle,r!;©r.namentpdfS 'a^prdi-pgyrtd;. tbe
I lm M R É aOigfleri r isj.employed,-to;writ,e> rather .»opg-rave fthç$
ieiters ôr > ebaracters on thèse- talipot slips vwhfolv;af % very * thick
ândiiifighgj Jnjiftfderate
idistipot, fitb.ey/jSi'b tbettiîoyer with ; oil itoi^#^withufiharfepal fi re-
.duced to powder, !japd#his has t h ^ f e e p bi§0; of .jreifoeKipgj them "
iso- /permaneptcffthât they;can--never:.^ effacod. .When-fpne-^p
is not suflieien^.to, contain all tliat thoy iptend t-o write ;on. any