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ears ; but tlie greatest peculiarity of this singular Leing was 

 his voice. In the course of my life I never heard such sounds 

 uttered, by human organs as those formed by Daaga. In 

 ordinary conversation he appeared to me to endeavour to 

 soften his voice it was a deep tenor ; but when a little 

 excited by any passion (and this savage was the child of 

 passion) his voice sounded like the low growl of a lion, Init 

 when much excited it could be compared to nothing so aptly 

 as the notes of a gigantic brazen trumpet. 



" I repeatedly questioned this man respecting the religion 

 of his tribe. The result of his answ^ers led me to infer that the 

 Paupans believed in the existence of a future state ; that they 

 have a confused notion of several powders, good and evil, Ijut 

 these are ruled by one supreme being called Holloloo. This 

 account of the relicrion of Daac^a was confirmed bv the mili- 



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tary chaplain who attended him in his last moments. He 

 also informed me that he believed in predestination ; at 

 least he said that Holloloo, he knew, had ordained that he 

 should come to white man's country and be shot. 



" Daaga having made a successful predatory expedition 

 into the country of the Yarrabas, returned with a number 

 of prisoners of that nation. These he, as nsual, took, bound 

 and o-uarded, tow^ards the coast to sell to the Portnouese. 

 The interprater, his countryman, called these Portuguese 

 AVHITE (JE^^TLEMEX. The wdiitc gentlemen proved themselves 



