36 SKETCH OF THE BOOTHIANS. 



feet ten inches high. She had also lost her front teeth, and in 

 habit and appearance was equally disgusting. Her husband's 

 name was Ootoonina, who being as ill-looking as herself was an 

 excellent match. They were both our guides and companions 

 during our journey in 1831 across the lakes to the western sea. 

 She was also of a lively disposition, and the sailors, who could not 

 pronounce her name, christened her Nancy, to which she answered 

 with perfect readiness; and was likewise a favourite with the sailors. 

 Her husband was a very successful tisherman, and they had always 

 plenty ; but she seemed to be a very bad housekeeper, and was not 

 so industrious as the rest, and was never neatly dressed or clean. 

 One of her children was at the breast, and the other was about five 

 years old, which in the summer ran about naked. 



