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grove, where flie perched upon the trees, rambling 
from one to another. 
The Lord of the Manor in vain employed his 
vaifals in the chace of that poor female. At laft,., 
his lady hit upon.an expedient that was attended 
with fuccefs : — a pail of water and an eel were 
the baits ufed to tempt the Savage Girl to come 
down, as flie did, to fatisfy the ftrongeft calls of 
hunger and thirft, like the wild brute. 
Accordingly, being eafily taken, flie was well 
treated ; nor did her palate require the refinements 
of modern cookery. 
The nails of her fingers and toes were found 
to have growm to the length of fuch claws, as 
enabled her to climb with eafe in the woods. 
At firft, fhe appeared black; but the change 
in her way of life foon rellored her fair com- 
plexion. 
Knowing no language, flie could not pronounce 
any other but frightful cries, or the imitations of 
thofe birds and beafts with whom fhe had been 
converfant. 
Afterwards, having learnt to fpeak, flie gave an 
account of her former habits and adventures. 
The cold weather had compelled her to wear 
the fkin of fome animal indifpenfably ; but, in 
every feafon of the year, flie ufed a girdle, to which 
flie faftened a kind of round and fliort clqb, for 
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