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en gi'iffe. A strip of knotted leather worn round the 
neck, very greasy and dirty-looking, which no one 
could be persuaded to part with for an instant, was 
mistaken at first for an ornament by the crew: it 
was not until mutual hardships had made us better 
acquainted that we learned its mysterious uses. 
NESSAK, (JUMPER-HOOD,) IN HIS TRAVELLING DRESS. 
When they were first allowed to come on board, 
they were very rude and difficult to manage. They 
spoke three or four at a time, to each other and to us, 
laughing heartily at our ignorance in not understand¬ 
ing them, and then talking away as before. They 
were incessantly in motion, going everywhere, trying 
doors, and squeezing themselves through dark passages, 
