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 .COASTS oF. AUSTIrA. 12�he. ate and .drank-as if he was half famished,. lSS,. and. after beiag crsmmed with this strange mix-' .I. ture, and very patiently .submitting .his beard to the. operation of shaving, he was clothed with a shirt and a pair of trowsets, and christened "Jaqk. ," 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 .co.nceived, had effected a very considerable alteration in his appearan, 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 fiure, in our eyes, in his chequer shirt and .tarry trowsers, when standing amongst his companions, with their long beards and kan- garoo-skin mantle. s thrown .carelesssly 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, an d after .watching us in sil.ence for

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