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When the weather is cold, he may be seen 

 huddled together, loses all his lively and playful 

 manner, sleeping much during the day, and giv- 

 ing up all kind of exercise. Like the Lascars, 

 who, as long as the weather is hot, are capable of 

 any duty, but when they arrive in a northern 

 climate, exposed to the bleak winds, they 

 sink into a state of inaction, from which it is 

 almost impossible to rouse them ; and many 

 perish, as much from the want of exercise as 

 from the effects of climate.* The return of 

 warm weather imparted life to the animal, his 

 activity returned, his spirits revived, and his 

 gambols and sportive gaiety were resumed. 



Although every kindness was shown to him 

 by the officers and crew, and sweetmeats and 

 other niceties were given to him by them by 

 way of bribes, to engage his confidence and 

 good opinion, yet he would not permit himself 

 to be taken in the arms, or caressed familiarly 

 by any person on board during the voyage, ex- 

 cept by the commander, the third officer, and 



* I have heard that the natives of Terra del Fuego, 

 who were lately brought to England, when they arrived in 

 the hot latitudes, would lie down and roll about the decks 

 of the ship which conveyed them from their native land, 

 exclaiming, " Why they had been brought into this fiery 

 country ? " 



