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we possessed ; and as these principally 
consisted of the little stock of provisions 
we had left, and our clothes, we deter- 
mined not to part with either. 
One of my people had a knife, which was 
slung over his shoulder. A Caffree per- 
ceiving it, made a snatch at the handle; 
but the owner resisting, he lost his hold. 
This so enraged the savage, that he lifted 
up his assay gay with an apparent intention 
of despatching the object of his resentment. 
At the moment he stood in this attitude, 
a more finished picture of horror, or what 
we understand of the infernals, was per- 
haps never seen before. The savage wore 
a leopard's skin; his black countenance 
bedaubed with red ochre; his eyes, inflamed 
with rage, appeared as if starting from 
their sockets ; his mouth expanded, and his 
teeth gnashing and grinning with all the 
fury of an exasperated demon. At this 
instant, the tout ensemble of the figure 
would have been a subject highly deserving 
the pencil of a Raphael. 
The savage was diverted from his pur- 
pose, and dropt the assay gay. We instantly 
