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look.^ 1 put tlieiii all inlo euac-hcs, with as iiiiicli 

 expedition as possible, and drove oft* to the lodg- 

 ings which I had prepared in Leicester Street. 



In a few days time, I had so many applications 

 for admittance to see the new visitors, that my 

 time was wholly taken up in gratifying the curi- 

 osity of my friends and their acquaintance;' and 

 the numbers who came made my lodgings very 

 inconvenient to the landlord as well as to myself. 

 I therefore resolved to look out for a house. I 

 soon hired a small one, ready furnished, for ten 

 guineas a month, in Little Castle Street, Oxford 

 Market, and removed thither. 



Being willing, as far as lay in my power, to 

 comply with the incessant applications of my 

 friends for a sight of the Indians; and finding 

 it impossible either to have any rest, or time to 

 transact lousiness, I appropriated two days a week 

 to that purpose, viz., Tuesdays and Fridays. On 

 those davs, not onlv mv house was filled, even 

 to an inconvenience, but the street was so much 

 crowded with carriages and people, that my resi- 

 dence was a great nuisance to the neighbourhood. 



As their skin dresses had a dirty appearance 

 and an offensive smell, I provided a quantity of 

 broad-ch)th, flannel, and beads, together with 

 whatever else was necessaiy; and i]\o women 

 now having leisure to work, and being excel- 

 lent tavlors, soon clothed tliem all anew; pre- 



' 'ITif EHkimo dop; of I.abnulor f)f ihc present day resembles von' elosely 

 tho northern wolf, exeept that it usually carries the tail curled over the 

 back instead of partially extended beliind. 



