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giving me for drink- buttermilk (how differ ent from thy dinner at Aunts) in the mean time two girls (perhaps 10 and 12 years of age) who had frequently been at Tunesassah came inviting me to their house. they ran before and prepared a seat for me by their mo- ther who was sitting at the door weaving a belt curiously decorated with beads. The eldest impatient to try her hand at knitting-and her sister clost by on her knees clost by gazing with pleasing attention to to see the dexterity of her fingers- in a few minutes she performed much better than the woman did in half an hour-- when she got in the way of it I left it with her and made several visits in the upper part of the town. When I return'd she told me by her fingers that she had knit six needles- and that 30 stitches were on a needle-- she reluctantly parted with it but time urged me homewards, having on my way several calls yet to make