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

She had, when she was caught at Songi, the bludgeon above mentioned, which she wore in a pouch by her side; and besides, she had a longer stick, with three pieces of iron at the end of it, one in the middle, sharp and pointed, and the other two upon the sides hooked; and the use she made of it, was to stab any wild beast that attacked her, with the sharp point: and with the hooks she assisted herself in climbing trees, by catching hold of the branches; and she says it was particularly useful to her, in defending her against the bears, when they attempted to follow her up the trees. This weapon she says, she brought with her from the hot country, but the other from her own.

From the above particulars, which I learnt from her own mouth, I think I am able to fix with some certainty upon the country of which she is a native. She has been supposed to be of the Esquimaux nation; but there is a sufficient proof to refute this notion, for she is of a fair complexion, a smooth skin, and