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me a prefent of a bunch of oftrich feathers, 
exceedingly beautiful. To £hew him how 
much I valued it, I immediately tore away a 
plume of the fame kind, which I wore in my 
hat, and put his in its place. By the looks of 
the good old man, I could eafily perceive how 
much he was pleafed with what I had done ; 
and he ftill farther teftified by his geftures and^ 
words the fatisfa^ion hd received from my 
condud:. 
It was now my turn to fhew my gratitude 
to the chief, and I began by giving him a few 
pounds of tobacco. I was about to enjoy a 
jnoft agreeable fcene at very little expence, 
and to render more than one happy. By a 
common fignal Haabas ordered all his people 
to approach ; and in an inftant they formed 
themfelves into a circle, and fquatted down 
like fo many apes. All the tobacco was dif- 
tributed; and I remarked, with much pleafure, 
that the portion which Haabas referved for 
himfelf was not larger than any of the reft. I 
was fenfibly affedted by this goodnefs of heart 
and fpirit of juftice, which he difplayed in fo 
fimple and natural a manner ; and I gave him 
for himfelf, in addition to the prefent made be- 
fore, a knife, a piece of fteel, a box of tinder, 
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