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 lively eyes. Their countenance is overfpread with an inexpreffible 

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years, with the mofl: regular features, an oval face, and the 

 ejfh countenance -, her eye was bright, lively, and all foul ; her long, 

 black hair hung negligently down, and was ornamented with 

 bunches of odoriferous flowers ; her a6lions were eafy, brilk, and 



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free. She had with her five apples, and threw every one of them 

 up into the air, catching them again with amazing adivity and fkill. 

 The charader of thefe people is really amiable ; their friendly beha- 

 viour to us, v/ho were utter flrangers to them, would have done 

 honour to the moft civilized nation. We were prefented in every 

 houfe with food, and the refrefliing liquor contained in the coco- 

 nuts, with a fpirit of hofpitality, which is truly patriarchal. All 

 their actions befpoke a noble mind, and a wonderful, charming 

 fimplicity of manners. They have, however, all the little faults 



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Their utenfils, weapons, manufadures, agriculture, and mufic, 

 bcfpeak their inventive genius and elegant tafle. 



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