Her brother, who was half civilised, and therefore more corrupt than the ordinary Indian, also tried to persuade her to accept the rich suitor.

But she tossed up her head and exclaimed, "Tshine awlama gatsha negale" which, freely translated, means: "I do not like that fellow; love goes where it chooses." The custom of the country requires the girl to do all the courting.

She is just as bashful as the young swain whom she wishes to fascinate, but she has to take the initiative in love affairs.

The young people meet only at the feasts, and after she hag gotten mildly under the influence of the native beer that is liberally consumed by all, she tries to attract his attention by dancing before him in a clumsy way up and down on the same spot.

But so bashful is she that she persistently keeps her back turned toward him.