Above Gorin a Goldee gentleman took me into his house, where a woman placed a mat on the divan and motioned me to a seat.

The man tendered me a piece of dried fish, which I ate out of courtesy to my hosts.

Several children gathered to look at me, but retired on a gesture from _pater familias_.

I am not able to say if the fact that my eyes were attracted to a pretty girl of seventeen had anything to do with the dispersal of the group.

Curiosity dwells in Mongol breasts, but the Asiatics, like our Indians, consider its exhibition in bad taste.
Outside this man's house there were many scaffoldings for drying fish.
A tame eagle was fastened with a long chain to one of the scaffolds; he was supposed to keep other birds away and was a pet of his owner.
There were many dogs walking or lying around loose, while others were tied to the posts that supported the scaffolds.
The dogs of the Goldees are very intelligent.