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Night approaching, obliged us to take leave of them ; 

 when the youngest of the two women, whose volu- 

 bility of tongue exceeded every thing I ever met with, 

 gave us a dance; but the man viewed us with great at- 

 tention. Some hours after we got on board, the other 

 party returned, having had but indifferent sport. 



Next morning, I made the natives another visit, 

 accompanied by Mr. Forster and Mr. Hodges, carry- 

 ing with me various articles which I presented them 

 with, and which they received with a great deal of 

 indifference, except hatchets and spike-nails ; these 

 they most esteemed, This interview was at the same 

 place as last night ; and now we saw the whole 

 family. It consisted of the man, his two wives (as 

 we supposed), the young woman before mentioned, 

 a boy about fourteen years old, and three small child- 

 ren, the youngest of which was at the breast. They 

 were all well-looking, except one woman, who had a 

 large wen on her upper lip, which made her look dis- 

 agreeable ; and she seemed, on that account, to be in 

 a great measure neglected by the man. They con- 

 ducted us to their habitation, which was but a little 

 way within the skirts of the wood, and consisted of 

 two mean huts made of the bark of trees. Their 

 canoe, which was a small double one, just large 

 enough to transport the whole family from place to 

 place, lay in a small creek near the huts. During 

 our stay, Mr. Hodges made drawings of most of 

 them ; this occasioned them to give him the name of 

 Toe-toe, which word, we supposed, signifies marking 

 or painting. When we took leave, the chief pre- 

 sented me with a piece of cloth or garment of their 

 own manufacturing, and some other trifles. I at 

 first thought it was meant as a return for the pre- 

 sents I had made him ; but he soon undeceived me, 

 by expressing a desire for one of our boat cloaks. 

 I took the hint, and ordered one to be made for him 

 of red baize, as soon as I got aboard ; where rainy 

 weather detained me the following day. 



