66 ENOCH AND MEECO. 



some other equally quaint article ; or with knife of 

 tiny size and crooked blade, scoop out some toy or 

 model from fragment of wood or ivory, to be disposed 

 of to the Atwoits Callowole upon the first oppor- 

 tunity and most favom^able terms ; for Enoch was no 

 spendthrift fool to dissipate in fruitless gifts the 

 results of his industry and ingenuity, both of which 

 he possessed in plenty. Enoch was small, and 

 neither so well shaped nor so vigorous as his coun- 

 trymen generally ; indeed, if I recollect right, he had 

 in youth received a spinal injury, from which he 

 still suffered; his face bore the sallow tinge of 

 delicate health, and his hair, which he wore long, was 

 of a lighter hue than was generally seen. It would 

 not indeed be unreasonable to conjectm^e him to be of 

 mixed descent. In all his communications with us, 

 and they were frequent, Enoch's manner was subdued 

 and obliging : he evidently avoided jars or breaches 

 of good feeling, alike with us and his own com- 

 panions. 



Teo's eldest daughter, Meeco, was a strapping lass, 

 who conducted all arrangements with perfect self- 

 possession and good-humour, and attended to her 

 decrepit father with exemplary attention. Neither 

 her features, mien, nor manners, with some slight 

 exception, would have disgraced a more civilised 



