MIAOO'S RECEPTION BY HIS COUNTRYMEN. 2^ 



of our common human nature, whether of pride or 

 vanity, universally to be met with both in the civilized 

 man and the uncultivated savage. He declared that 

 he would not land until they first came off to wait on 

 him. Decorated with an old full-dress Lieutenant's 

 coat, white trowsers, and a cap with a tall feather, he 

 looked upon himself as a most exalted personage, and 

 for the whole of the first day remained on board, 

 impatiently, but in vain prying into each boat that 

 left the shore for the dusky forms of some of his 

 quondam friends. His pride however could not long- 

 withstand the desire of display ; yielding to the im- 

 pulse of vanity, he, early the following morning, took 

 his departure from the ship. Those who witnessed 

 the meeting described it as cool on both sides, 

 arising on the part of his friends from jealousy; they 

 perhaps judging from the nature of his costume, 

 that he had abandoned his bush life. Be that as it 

 may, the reception tended greatly to lower the pride 

 of our hero ; who through generosity (expending all 

 his money to purchase them bread,) or from a fear 

 of being treacherously speared, soon convinced his 

 former associates how desirous he was of regaining 

 their confidence. He did not, however, participate 

 in the revelry then going on amongst the natives at 

 Freemantle, where, at this period of the year, they 

 assemble in great numbers to feast on the whales that 

 are brought in by the boats of a whaling establish- 

 ment, — which I cannot allude to without expressing 

 an opinion that this fishery, if properly managed and 



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