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he ate and drank as if he was half famished, is2\. 
and after being crammed with this strange mix- Dec. 24. 
ture, and very patiently submitting his beard to 
the operation of shaving, he was clothed with a 
shirt and a pair of trowsers, and christened 
“ Jack,” by which name he was afterwards al- 
ways called, and to which he readily answered. 
As soon as he reached the shore, his companions 
came to meet him, to hear an account of what 
had transpired during their absence, as well as 
to examine his new habiliments, which, as may 
be conceived, had effected a very considerable 
alteration in his appearance, and at the same 
time that the change created much admiration 
on the part of his companions, it raised him 
very considerably in his own estimation. It 
was, however, a substitution that did not im- 
prove his appearance ; in fact, he cut but a 
sorry figure, in our eyes, in his chequered shirt 
and tarry trowsers, when standing amongst his 
companions, with their long beards and kan- 
garoo-skin mantles thrown carelessly over their 
shoulders. 
Upon being accosted by his companions, Jack 
was either sullen with them, or angry with us 
for sending him on shore, for without deigning 
to reply to their questions, he separated himself 
from them, and after watching us in silence for 
