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twenty inrlies was tlio tj^rcatest length thvy liad 

 as yvi ht'cn taken in tliis rivor ; \\ut, like tlie 

 *'riv(T cod/' it increases more in breadth, in 

 proportion to its weighty thaii la tegtfci^ TTte 

 colour of <ihe Kapl was iii»dktoy tti feWK^; tfe^ 

 ends of tlie scales being Uao^^ gaiTe to the Bsk a 

 cheekered appearance. 



Among the native inhabitants of the Yas dis- 

 was a pair of originals : the man was called 

 Itejl^ga, and %h lady the **^h^tttiM Kitty of 

 Yas. Xcitlier of them had pretensions to beauty. 

 The hidy liad ornamented her delicate Ibrtn (ibr 

 all the ladies are fond of adornments) witli 

 two opossum tails, pendent in a graceful manner 

 hmk her greasy loci^i pi«ee» of tobacco-pipe, 

 mingled wiJtfc^mlotited beads, adorned hemeck ;. 

 an old, dirty, opossnm-skin cloak was thrown over 

 tlie slioidders ; a bnndlc of indescribable ras^s 

 around the waist ; and a netbul or culj hanging 

 ItMni^ (jBlfea witha^netstitm of ^ ma^ deer," 

 mi ota^ ea^bles, that would baffle all attempts 

 at description,) completed the toilette of tliis 

 angelic creature. Of her features I shall only 

 say, they were not sucli as painters represent 

 those of Tativui: hm mouthy jb; iiiaiianbee,^ liad it 

 sti^king^esamblaxKee to t^e ^^ng w^atmee of a 

 Wombat's luirrow . Tlic Inisband also liad deco- 

 i-ated the locks of his crajuum with opossum 



