PREPARING CANOE FOR SEA. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
AMUSEMENTS. . 
It has been thought, that were a child from its birth to 
be kept from hearing the sound of any language, it would 
commence with the tongue which was spoken by the first 
parents of the human race ; but this has not been verified—the 
child was found to have none at all. It appears more reason¬ 
able to find a proof of the identity of our race in thought, 
rather than in sound ; the latter varying from physical causes, 
which may affect the body without influencing the mind. 
The early feelings of the child appear to furnish a better guide 
to what is really common to all, and if we can trace an identity 
of amusements in parts which are so remote and severed from 
