242 PHRENOLOGY. 



paii^dy tranquil, tlfcer fltarigiaei m thi? 



riv(T ill small I<ark caiiocs tn spoar fisli, more 

 particularly about tlie rocky parts of the rivor, 

 md usually return "mlk. a large quantity : they 



if they-'ObseiW' any during tliu river excursion. 

 Nothing; comes fimiss to the blacks Wn- food : 

 they may be saivl to devour every living* thing 

 that 3runs upon tlie surface of the earthy ot in the 



I was exuniininp: the fine muscular strUjC^ure, 



and the raised eicatrices, wliieli were nume- 

 rous over the arms and eliest, of one of the natives, 

 (and which he regarded as highly ornanientul,) 



whmh pnzzl^ t0 mm^n the in^t^fttg of my 

 <suTi0Sity> dfer i had ini&hed, he whispered to 



the stock-keepcT, if he white feller gentleman 

 ever see black feller ln^fore." Bitt as for pro- 

 curing an examiuatiuu of their pln-enolugical 

 organs, it m» ^ l^h^ #<i^^ 4iffioiali^ md 

 ev^ img&t ; for they ««^ed to r^^d it 



as witchcraft, or some magie ce'ri'innnv : and 

 wlien tliey eve]) did snbmit, tliey evinced much 

 fear, and ])resiM"vt'<f a very serious countenance 

 during the operation, as if dreading the result; 

 smi^ai* yottng ladies, when wb4^ Barflle^s 

 hands fer the same purpose, their secretirenes^ 



