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