myself ; fjiit with any ot" tlie children he wuuld 

 leadily gamboL It was a strange fact, that he 

 in particular avoided all tliose whd wiir* large 

 bushy whi^kor^. 



It was ludicrous to behold the terrified look;i 

 of tlu^ aiiiuud, if his fiuii'er was taken tovvanls a 

 Clip of hot tea, as if to ascertain tlie teinpunituru ; 



afitd his atiempt at iremottstrating on the impro- 

 priety irfHSttCb isonduel, together with liis half- 

 suppressed screams, were very diverting. 



Among other amusements, he would frequently 

 hang from a rope by one arm ; and, when iu 

 a hbUmmtm hmmatf fmk dbout, -wi^ im ejes 



ing, and m ibe agonies of deatli. 



When we spoke a shi[) at st-a, his ctirinsity 

 seemed to be much excited by the novel oliject 

 near us, for he would invariably mount up the 

 rigging, at a Il^ht sufficient to eommand a 

 good view of tlie stranger, and sometimes take 

 up his ])osition on the peak haulyards, just under 

 the flag, a signal, difficult no doulit for tlie 

 stranger to coniprehend there he would renuxin 

 gazing wiatfitllj ^hst th^ iepatling ^^xm^, 

 until h^vm iM 4%ht— ^**gjte onepattiiig, 



lingering look," and then come down on the 

 deck again, and resume the s|unts from which 

 the stranger "s appearance liad disturbed lam. 



