CHAPTER VII.

A LONG MARCH -- A NATIVE GARDEN -- COOLIES AND THE WAY TO TREAT THEM -- MARKETS -- A BATTLE-FIELD -- COOL SHADE -- "THE FIRST POST" -- SHIELDS AND SPEARS -- JOHN -- POTATOES -- SILVERSMITHS -- A NEW FRIEND -- COOLIE SQUABBLES -- AN APPEAL -- DONKEY BUYING -- SHOE-MAKING -- A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF OUR ROUTE -- SOURCES OF THE TACKAZZEE -- MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES -- I TURN SURGEON -- A MUSICAL PARTY -- MY REPUTATION AS A DOCTOR 114