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^ ■ ^cn, women, and children, laughing and seeming 
‘'derfully amused ivith the novelty of my companion. 
Vt* ^'“‘■'^asaws called it in their language “ Kelinky 
tjj '' lieu they heard me call it Poll, they soon repeated 
tij^'iame; and wherever I chanced to stop among 
people^ we soon hccame familiar with each other 
iijpl''’’' the medium of Poll- On arriving at Mr Dun- 
below Natchez, 1 procured a c^e, and placed it 
tlj'*®'’ the piazza, where hy its call it soon attracted 
fj passing liocks ; such is the attachment the^ have 
(,,, ®i*eh other. Numerous parties frequently alighted 
sc 'a trees immediately above, keeping up a con- 
ti- "1 eonversation with the prisoner. One of these I 
e^i'ided slightly in the wing, and the pleasure Poll 
tfljl'^iised oil meeting with this new companion was 
V ? amusing. She crept close uji to it as it hung on 
vj ^'ile of the cage, chattering to it in a low tone of 
iiL^> as if sympathizing in its misfortune, scratched 
Hi, 7' its head and neck with her hill; and both at 
nestled as close as possible to each other, some- 
I^oll’s head being thrust among the plumage of the 
W' On the death of this companion, she appeared 
itij, and iiicoiisohible for several days. On reach- 
Orleans, 1 placed a looking glass beside the 
" here she usually sat, and the instant she per- 
image, all her former fondness seemed to 
So that she could scarcely absent herself from 
Idr '.‘''niient. It u as evident that she was completely 
lurj*'’nd. Always when evening drew on, and often 
iji). the day, she laid her head close to that of the 
Kn'' '•>« (i'ass, and began to doze u ith great com- 
kr, ‘'ud satisfaction. In this short space she had 
''lllp I know her name ; to answer and come n hen 
»li,l " "11 ; to climb up ray clothes, sit on my shoulder, 
'ittpl'H I'l-om my mouth. I took her with me to sea, 
'Hilled to pi-rsevere in her education ; but, destined 
''"yb poor Poll, having one moruiiig, about 
'vroiijrht her w'AJ throujfh the M'hile I 
tk, H'^leep, insTantlv Hew overboard, and perished in 
^Hlf of Mexico. 
