These mats are seldom more than five or six feet in length, as a greater size would be inconvenient in adjusting and preparing the lodges.

A straw mat, which, at my request, was spread out under shelter in the court-yard, was my bed.

About one o'clock everything was got away from the shore, only a few stones being thrown by natives who thought their mats were proof against bullets, and only found out their mistake too late.