ANOTHER CARVED IMAGE. 



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religious or superstitious notions to it, or it was 

 merely the amusement of their leisure hours, I 



had no means 

 of judging; but 

 as they are fond 

 of ornamenting 

 all their imple- 

 ments with 

 carving, and I 

 never saw any 

 traces of reli- 

 gious feeling 

 among them, I 

 am inclined to 

 believe the lat- 

 ter would be 

 the most proba- 

 ble supposition. 



A little be- 

 yond this we 

 came to a cove 

 so full of mangroves, as to be almost impassable ; so, 

 finding grassy slopes behind it, we struck up on to 

 them ; and seeing a pretty clear space leading to the 

 top of the hill, climbed up it. After some toilsome 

 scrambling through a thicket, in which we got in- 



shoulders for the arms. The border round the legs represents 

 the nessoor, or petticoat. The eyes were pieces of mother-of- 

 pearl, with spots of black gum on them. It had all been painted 

 red. 



