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forth my hand implying a defire to partake of 

 their repaft. They immediately gave me a 

 part ; and feemed pleafed on obferving me eat 

 of it. A better fallad I never tailed. It was 

 very crifp and white^-mugh fuperior to the 

 beft lettuce or endive ; and, in flavour, fome- 

 what refembling the filbert. Perceiving that 

 they were not incommoded by our fociety, 

 we remained a confiderable time attentively 

 watching their proceedings ; but their curiofity 

 was not commenfurate with our own, for they 

 fcarcely looked at us, or appeared to be, in 

 any degree, interested concerning us. With 

 indifference- they faw us approach — they re?, 

 garded us with indifference whilft we re- 

 mained — and with indifference they witneffed 

 our departure. 



Two days after, I faw a much larger party 

 of Indians, w ho came to the Government 

 houfe to afk for rum, as a compenfation for 

 cutting down timber : and the fame evening, 

 on walking towards the creek with fome of 

 the officers, we met with a ftill more nume- 

 rous body of thefe inhabitants of the foreft, 

 who had been employed by the Governor to 

 cut down wood preparatory to clearing the 



