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'l'HBl:lt HOSPIT ALITY. 331to jhis·;crtoulîlstâïl~es, probably, mutatis mutandis, -suell arc the moralhabits ·ôfallmountaineers.But to proceedwith the descriptions given' by those who knowthem bast. Notwithstanding their ferocious habits, which, if theyhe truly depicted, are imposed upon them by their state of anar:"chical society, they carry hospitality to an extreme.Theil' warfareis carried on for many days at a lime, probably is terminated only,like greater ones, by the want of ammunition; the cessation of themeàns, and not of the causes, is what draws it to a conclusion. Brissonsays, that a considerable manufacture of gunpowder, but of weak qua- .1îtY'ii e~t~~lished atGuaudnum*. And this place, which he describesaso~ con~iderab~e trade, is probably the emporium of the mountains.In 'regard to the hospitality of the natives, onr·informants here acquaintus, thatthe arrivaI of a stranger amongst them, in theheat of theirfiercêst warfare, is ,a signal of truce; and that a whitefhig is hung out,and peace subsists until he has passed through, \vhereupon the confiieti8 renewed.Probably dispute and fighting, contest and eonfiiet, appl'oximateto id'entification in the true neighbourly manner. Could goodinclination be at aIl times and in aIl places ashappily carried into effi~ct,how often would it happcn at home in Europe ! vVhat then IStllere'to ma.k~thisimprobablehere?}\fI this manufacture of ammu­111tlon,t6Q~111ust have sorne vent; If;iHhwever,a pOOl' traveneri~sit dmvnupon the sifêps Of mostruedoor, he bas no occasion to solieit, bis ap-,!Ii Ail important etymology ;-forthe see Lah()rde's map. Saugnier was wrecked in latiyear!(1184)iJlt:Hssonwas wredlred in latitt1de~HP. Ne fuakes the observat~