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214 8URV?-Y O!? THE INTERTROPICAL ?e of ? w? ? elderly m?, on w?se eh?k ?s'a ?nfiy&? sp?.wo?d: ?r ?me .Hffie ?mm?i?fion, ?sy were s?ily ?duced ?]?w ? ?w?s our ?nt, but ?e ?ment ?ey ?w ?e ?t?r's m?t ?rough ?e t?s. ?ey s?, and ?d n? be prev? upon v?ce a s?p n?er; ?d, ? devoting some ?e in wa?ng us ?m ?e h?, w?ed away. Upon Mr. C?ingh?'s ?i? ?s app? 'wi? ?e s?e?, I went ? ?m, to prev? u? ?em ? visit o? en?pment, but ?ey .s? more anxious ?at ? ?o?d follow '?, ?fi?fing by si? ?at ?ey w?d ?ve u? ?ng ? mt; nei?er p?y, ?w?er, app?r- ing ? ? yield ? the ?er's ?fion, �?n went away, but ?e next ?y, tW?ve natives ?l&y visit? our wa?r? ?y, and fo?ow? �? ? ?e ?nt, where ?ey remain? t?e wa?g ?r movemen? wi? ?at atmn- ?on. ?ey repea?ly ?de ?i?s for ?e?, but evin? ?e? ave?ion ? a c]?ffe, &?ough i? use was ?he? w? o?n? a shield from one of ?m, of cres? ?hape, ?d p?n? ? bl?k st?s; it w? m?e from ?e w? of ?e or ? U?, w? ?ows ab?d?fiy ne? the ?o?o. ?is interview las? two hours. at ? end ofw?& wop? mutu?y ?tisfied