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occurred, Mooldooyah was terrible in his anger. 

 Ordinarily he was stoHd, inactive, and good-tempered, 

 took all things with exemplary patience, let every 

 one, particularly his wife, of Avhom he was justly 

 very fond, do as they pleased, and showed a great 

 dislike to standing ; added to this, he eat and drank 

 in proportion to his vast bulk, and smoked as often 

 as he could afford it, which, after I knew him, was 

 very nearly all day long. 



Yaneenga, the wife of Mooldooyah, was, in my 

 estimation, without an equal of her sex in the tribe, 

 when all points of comparison were considered ; true, 

 Mi-yo, the charming petite sister of Meeco, the amiable 

 wife of Yappo, and the fan- dame of Mahkatzan, 

 might each dispute with her the palm of beauty; 

 but these were still quite young, while Yaneenga' s 

 charms had merged into the fuller figure of the 

 matron : but who, like Yaneenga, bore so unvaried 

 a countenance of good-humour ? — who, like her, was 

 always amiable, always thoughtful for the wants or 

 comforts of those around her ? Of the tallest among her 

 sex, large and robust, yet of rounded and well-formed 

 figure, with an easy, dignified carriage, which was 

 never ungraceful, a countenance originally very 

 handsome, though now full and slightly coarse, eyes 

 of liquid jet, ever sparkhng and beaming with good 



