34 JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



metal would be very serviceable to her 

 eountrymen, if she could find them again. 

 While she was meditating on what was to 

 be done, the thought struck her that it would 

 be advisable to attach as many pieces of 

 copper to her dress as she could, and then 

 proceed into the interior, in search of some 

 inhabitants, who, she supposed, would give 

 her a favourable reception, on account of 

 the treasure she had brought. 



" It happened that she met her own rela- 

 tions, and the young men, elated with the 

 account she had given of the hill, made her 

 instantly return with them : which she was 

 enabled to do, having taken the precaution 

 of putting up marks to indicate the path. 

 The party reached the spot in safety, but 

 the story had a melancholy catastrophe. 

 These youths, overcome by excess of joy, 

 gave loose to their passions, and offered the 

 grossest insults to their benefactress. She 

 powerfully resisted them for some time, and 

 when her strength was failing, fled to the 

 point of the mountain, as the only place of 

 security. The moment she had gained the 



