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Rh a campaign; all that I can say of their art of war will consequently be confined to a description of the instruments they use in carrying it on. I was indebted for my in formation in this instance, as indeed in many others, to Moyhanger: he was capable of speaking upon the subject from having taken the field upon several occasions. He bore about him many marks of his military exploits, of which he was as proud as any European hero. His wounds had been received in engaging the tribe of a chief residing on the opposite side of the bay, named Oorootookee, to whom Moyhanger's tribe had vowed eternal enmity. Even upon purchasing the tools he took with him at a shop in the Strand, he was much struck with the convenient form of a common bill-hook; I purchased three for him, and brandishing one of them, in a sort of extacy he exclaimed, “Matta, matta, Oprootookee, I will kill Oorootookee;" and I am convinced that want of opportunity Rh