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When the weather in cold, he may be seen 

 hnd^iled together, loses IrH his lively playful 

 manner, dl^pitig much diiringth^ jby^ imd^v* 

 ing ui> all kind of exercise. Like the Lascars, 



wlio, as long as the weather is hot, are capable of 

 any duty, but when they arrive in a northern 

 climate, exposed to the hleak winds, they 

 sink izKHo ^ #a!|iie of lixaeiiQxt^, h&ia vrhMt it is 

 tixsmt likfossMe to rotm Ihm ; mA tcimf 

 jjerish, as much from the want of exercise as 

 from tlie effects of climate.* The return of 

 warm weather imparted life to the animal, iiis 

 activity yetumed, his spirits revJted* mi 

 gambok Imd ap^t^e gai^ ware 3^M3Xi«<ii^ 



Although every kindness was shown to him 

 by the officers and crew, and sweetmeats and 

 other niceties were given to him by them by 

 way of hvibes, to engage his eonftd^nee «i2id 

 g90d ^^iim, yet he wonM ^etadi Hm^lt 

 to be tsSi'^^thc arms, or caressed familiarly 

 by any person on board during the voyage, ex- 

 cept by tlie commander, the third officer, and 



* I have heard that the natives oi" 'J'crni del I'uego, 

 who ueiv hitt'Iy l)rouglit to Englami, wlien they iirrived in 

 Uie hot latitudes, would he down and roll about the decks 



of Mp wMdt ca«V^y^ Intern istm their mivQ 

 fxcUdming, »* Wljy they had ttewi hrought uit« this fiery 



cuuutry r" 



