relatives had been stabbed to death by an evil person without any traces of violence being seen on them; nor even if someone pretends to cure [an] illness by sucking ( 188 ) and the like. The conversation was immediately over.

A woman came to me to get leeches from me; Since the two natives mentioned promised to look for some tomorrow, I told the woman to come back the next evening. But the natives [did not] keep their word, which is why I made harsh accusations against them, which they felt.

December 13th, 1839.
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December 14th, 1839.
Idla Waritya, who was mentioned on October 30th, came back from the bush this evening with a large number of friends to beat the old man, Parriwongaburka. At first Ilyamaitpinna and Murrparaiitpinna successfully acted as mediators between the two, so that I thought the argument was at least over for the time being; but as darkness fell, it flared up again, and soon became general, with the natives rehashing the superstitious murder of Mullawirrabarka's brother. The clubs clattered and the audible blows fell on the heads that I would not have been surprised if a life had been lost. But that wasn't the case; but Idla Waritya was so badly wounded that the blood rushed from his mouth and nose, and several others were badly cut.

December 15th, 1839. Sunday.
This morning, before I got up, the natives had already fought again, namely over a young ( 189 ) girl who an old man named Tainmunda burka wants to have as his wife and who was also given to him by her father. But she prefers a young person, Pultao. The girl and another woman also received severe blows. When I arrived that morning, Tainmunda burka went around to the men one by one, handed them weapons, ring-tailed lemurs and wirris, and said words to them that I didn't understand, but that obviously contained an invitation to a fight. But everyone threw away their weapons again, which made the old man so angry that he couldn't contain himself from anger, walking back and forth, lifting his legs alternately as if he wanted to attack someone, and stroking his beard in order to put it in his mouth, which he was too short for. --

With Br. Teichelmann in Klemzig, to my chagrin, not enough that he said that it was rude of Mamsell Teusler to bring me water rather than him, even though he didn't ask for any from her, only from his father, and she didn't know anything about it; but in Fiedler's presence he reproached me for coming from Klemzig late in the evening. I said I didn't need such advice, and when he said he had such a right as a college, ( 190 ) I replied that he didn't have the right, which he took now and then, so Mr. Fiedler said we shouldn't let it get to that point.