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 l SUaVE� Oe TI 11ali?aOlICAL lmi. some time, walked quietly and slowly away, fol- l.-- 1owed at a distance by his friends, who were lazt in wonder at what could have happened to their mulky companion. The grog that he had been drinking .had probably taken effect upon his head, and, although the quantity was very trifling, he might have been a little stupefied. , At daylight the following morning the natives had again collected on both sides, and upon the jolly-boat's landing the people to examine the wells, Jack, having quite recover his good hu- mour, got into the boat and came on board, The natives on the opposite side were vociferous to visit us, and were holding long conversations with Jack, who explained every thing to them in a. song, to which they would frequently ex- claim in full chorus the words--" C', cai, ca/, cai, ca/gh," which they always repeated when any thing was shewn that excited their surprise. Finding we had no intention of sending a boat for them, they mused themselves in hing. . Two of them were watching a small seal that, having been left by the tide on the b_l, was endearouting to waddle towards the deep water; at last one of the natives, fixing his spear in its throwing. stick, advanced very cautiously, end, when within ten or twelve yards, lanced it, and pierced the animal through the neck, when the

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