WANDERINGS IN 



others had an ornament on the left arm, midway betwixt 

 the shoulder and the elbow. At the close of day, they 

 regularly bathed in the riv(U- below ; and the next morn- 

 ing seemed busy in reneAving the faded colours of their 

 faces. 



One day there came into the hut a form which literally 

 might be called the wild man of the woods. On entering, 

 he laid down a ball of Avax, which he had collected in 

 the forest. His hannnock was all ragged and torn ; 

 and his bow, though of good wood, was without any 

 ornament or polish ; " erubuit domino, cultior esse suo." 

 His face was meagre, his looks forbidding, and his whole 

 appearance neglected. His long black hair hung from 

 his head in matted confusion ; nor had his body, to all 

 appearance, ever been painted. They gave him some 

 cassava bread and boiled fish, which he ate voraciously, 

 and soon after left the hut. As he went out, you could 

 observe no traces in his countenance or demeanour, 

 which indicated that he was in the least mindful of 

 having been benefited by the society he was just leaving. 



The Indians said that he had neither wife, nor child, 

 nor friend. They had often tried to persuade him to 

 come and live amongst them ; but all was of no avail. 

 He went roving on, plundering the wild bees of their 

 honey, and picking up the fallen nuts and fruits of the 

 forest. When he fell in with game, he procured fire from 

 two sticks, and cooked it on the spot. When a hut hap- 



