But I should have mentioned , that before the principal person began his orationoration, he criedcryout three times , _ Langro dehul san _ ( these words and the former were afterwards repeatedrepeatand explainedexplainto me ) ; whereupon , immediately , about fifty of the inhabitants camecomeand cutcutthe strings that fastened the left side of my head , which gave me the liberty of turningturnit to the right , and of observingobservethe person and gesturegestureof him that was to speak .