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the world anew. Cohabiting is only forbidden to Mother and Son, brother and Sister: Brothers cohabit with one another's women openly – the latter are indulged with almost everything attainable, without being subjected to any brutal treatment, or hard menial labour, like many of the Tribes in this Country. In short, they are a very friendly Tribe, sympathising for their sick and aged, whom they never abandon, carrying them about without distinction of age or sex, upon their shoulders in their different peregrinations. Their only vice in my opinion is lying, which they always practised (although not so much as formerly) very often with a view to prejudice one another in the opinion of the Whites, notwithstanding the many remonstrances of the latter against this practice.

Thus I have endeavoured to give a short sketch of some particulars relating to this corner (commerce &c.

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