During the palaver which followed they retailed the gossip of the villages through which they had passed, receiving in exchange such news as Kovudoo possessed. The palaver was long and tiresome, as these native ceremonies always are to Europeans.

在接下来的谈话中，他们散布了他们经过的村庄的八卦，作为交换，他们收到了 Kovudoo 拥有的消息。谈话冗长而令人厌烦，因为这些本土仪式对欧洲人来说总是如此。