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mann had Rationed at SavoneUe, as a kind of* 

 manager, and deputy poll-holder, in order to 

 take charge of the eftate,'and maintain a friend*- 

 ly intercourfe with' the naked inhabitants of 

 the woods. This man, like the Bucks them- 

 felves* was living almofl in a ftate of nature. 

 The natives of the foreft were his only com-* 

 panions, and from fome of his habits, it might 

 havefeemed that, in their fociety, he had for- 

 gotten the duties of civilization ■ Yet, in his 

 general conducl, he was attentive and refpe&ful, 

 and appeared to poffefs the foft feelings of hu- 

 manity. No European lived nearer to him 

 than at M. Heynemann's, and the few who 

 refided there he feldom faw ; nothing therefore 

 could exceed his furprize, on waking in the 

 dead of the night, and finding a party of offi- 

 cers, armed, and in fcarlet uniform, ftanding 

 at his bedfide. You will imagine that it was 

 with difficulty he gave credit to his fenfes, or 

 believed that he was actually awake. Although 

 I carefully remarked the expreffion of his 

 countenance, his incoherent replies, and all 

 his agitated movements, you will better con- 

 ceive the effect of fuch a vifit upon his mind 

 than it is poflible for my pen ]to defcribe it. 

 Vandyke's bed, like the couch of the Indians, 



