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11 She appeared particularly fond of fish, either from her natural taste, or from her acquiring by constant practice, from her childhood, the faculty of catching them in the water with more ease, than she could the wild game by speed of foot. She retained this inclination for catching fish in the water two years after her capture. One day happening to be brought to the castle of Songi, she no sooner perceived a door open which led to a large pond, then she immediately ran and threw herself into it, drest as she was, swam round all the sides of it, and landing on a small island, went in search of frogs, which she eat at leisure. This circumstance puts me in mind of a comical adventure which M. le Blanc told me herself.

When any company visited M. d'Epinoy at Songi, he used to send for the girl, who soon became more tame, and began to discover much good humour, and a softness and humanity of disposition, which the savage life she had been obliged to follow for self-preservation, has not been able to efface. One day, as she was present at a great entertainment in the castle, observing none of the delicacies she esteemed, every thing