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boys, like thofe of fairer fkin, were inclined 

 to be playful, and to exhibit youthful tricks. 

 One or two of the females, unchecked by the 

 referve of education, occafionally glanced an 

 expreffive look, or difplayed a fignificant 

 gefture. Many of them had marks upon the 

 {kin which appeared to have been made v/ith 

 a cutting inftrument. Thefe, we learned, 

 were diftindive of the nation to which they 

 had belonged. Some had their teeth cut, or 

 filed to fharp points, giving them a very 

 hideous, and canine appearance. They looked 

 well fed and healthy, although fome of them 

 had an eruption, called the cra-^cra upon the 



Their fleeping births were the naked 

 boards. Divided into two crowded parties, 

 they repofed, during the night, upon the 

 bare planks below — the males on the rnam^ 

 deck — the females upon the deck of the aft 

 cabin. In the day-^time they were not al* 

 lowed to remain in the place where they 

 had flept, but were kept moftly upon the 

 open deck, where they were made to exercife, 

 and encouraged by the mufic of their love4 

 banjar, to dancing and cheerfulnefs. 



