b« mitde fruitruL H thejr have to gq 

 iuto I lie fin eiNtj they cliaiif^e tlieir laay 

 diaracLer and becutue brii*.^ ; nlons, 

 with no other ireapiins* than a >um/w- 

 taiif A pkk, and a d{i,!;^er, hun^ to 

 their waistband, they [icnetratc into 

 the depths af the Furesstf;^ wandering 

 iQ solitude, and there s^pcnding entire 

 dsp and iilj^bt.^. At other timci), ivith 

 n torch in liand, a niajij d woiuntij or 

 eveo a child, f^si^r QOt to travcrsii the 

 lonely forest tn reach a rilbgeiii i^earch 

 of tobucca i>r befd. 



The MantrAs arenatui plly peacenblep 

 and the least diii^pute aniong them OC' 

 caitbiis thetn to separate frgiii one ano* 

 ther and Bcek other huutini;';' gi ouiid*^ 

 they having very lillle attach nient tti 

 the soil, h h thh iticon^i^laut huniour, 

 fickle and errratii!> fofferher wifh n ntlx- 

 lure of fear, tiiuidiiy, and difRd^ncet 

 that lies til the bottotii of their charac' 

 ter^ they aemi alw£iyj» to think that 

 they would be better iti any other 

 place tlmn in the one they occupy at 

 the time. ^Like ChVUkcis, their acthm? 

 seii'iin tf> he rarely guided by reUpctioti, 

 and they almost always act impulbWely* 

 Liberty seems to be to the in a neces- 

 b!ty oT their very exisienee, and they 

 are nioi-t j&alous uf their indcpend* 

 ence. Utsder no controul in their 

 furfi^ts^ they rarely listea to advice if 

 their Tuinds are made up. 



The Mantras are^ ad I liavc said, 

 proud, tlmldj diffident^ sui^picious^,-^ 



