Page:Account of a most surprising savage girl, who was caught wild in the woods of Champagne, a province in France.pdf/22

 in it, in the same manner as a hawk wild beast does; and she remembers particularly, that they killed a fox, of  they only sucked the blood, finding the flesh very disagreeable.

She had when she was caught at the bludgeon above mentioned,  she wore in a pouch by her side;  besides, she had a longer stick, with  pieces of iron at the end of it, one  the middle, sharp and pointed, and  other two upon the sides hooked? the use she made of it, was to stab wild beast that attacked her, with  sharp point; and with the hooks she  herself in climing trees, by catching hold of the branches; and she  it was particularly useful to her in defending her against the bears, when  attempted to follow her up the trees. This weapon she says she brought with her from the hot country, but the from her own. From the above particulars, which I learnt from her own mouth, I think I am able to fix with certainty upon the country of which  is a native. She has been supposed to be the Esquimaux nation; but there is a sufficient proof to refuse this notion, for  is of a fair complexion, a smooth skin,