Here I muft relate a little anecdote 

 of our chriftian cacique. He and his 

 wife had gone off, at feme diftanee 

 from the fhore, in their canoe, when 

 fhe dived for fea-eggs ; but not meet- 

 ing v^ith great fuccefs, they return- 

 ed a good deal out of humour, A little 

 boy of theirs, about three years oW, 

 whom they appeared to be doatingly 

 fond of, watching for his father and 

 mother's return, ran into the furf to 

 meet them : the father handed a 

 baiket of fea-eggs to the child, which 

 being too heavy for him to carry, he 

 let it fall ; upon which the father 

 jumped out of the canoe, and catch- 

 ing the boy up in his arms, dafhed 

 him with the utraoft violence againft the 

 ftones. The poor little creature lay 

 motionlefs and bleeding, and in that 

 condition was taken up by the mother ; 

 but died foon after. She appeared in- 

 Gonfolable for fome time ; but the brute 



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