Duringtheintervalsbetweenthespeeches，theseladiesburstforthintoasortofplaintiveditty；butitwasimpossibleforanyofustocatchwhetheritwasinpraiseofthespeaker，ofShinte，orofthemselves。
ThiswasthefirsttimeIhadeverseenfemalespresentinapublicassembly。
Inthesouththewomenarenotpermittedtoenterthekotla；
andevenwheninvitedtocometoareligiousservicethere，wouldnotenteruntilorderedtodosobythechief；butheretheyexpressedapprobationbyclappingtheirhands，andlaughingtodifferentspeakers；
andShintefrequentlyturnedroundandspoketothem。