accepted my invitation/i. When;oh’ board;he was called to from
tbe^oodsrbnithe;oppdaters!biOTe^b.j;a;num'bqB!,Qfi^oi6fiS’,iw]lic|i
surprized «us la i littlejzas'rwe, d id mot -expects tfee^' we^pfin'isdbji'
numbers. My pe^acqumntiance*b.alled, out in ,his .turn .t© »these
on .shore, land-,their mriesdm,mediately -.ceased-, I ?kjave .reason
tobithink, -they- 'made\enquiry, '.whether 'he „apprehended jany
da®ger\JfrOm us,'? and' 'that j he assured gthern, he. had ^nothing vtp
fear,'iwhiph quieted: their-akcrm.'and^made them .easy ,, - *
IJProceeding further-we:saw.a flock-of/dueksi .and Io rd e re d
ohe of*the? pleopie ;to.flre,nwhich hed id ," an d was- luok,y> enough
to -hiilt two. tfi-Never i did I witness;!strongermarks of: surprize,
th an *were>« depicted. .on \ the % strangers |coubtendnee,*.'when |h e
heard ihedeport_of.the.gun,' and saw the,two ducks„,fall into, the
water. , His: astonishment .was. increased, when .he .got on h oard
thesvesseljpievery thing,hed>ehclddeemed to p ll him with wond
e r and' amazement. ..During, the time he^stayed outboard, he
never, quitted my. side? and at.th e. hourfof ■ rest^bp, laie^Mms.elf
downnear m y.bed place. ,1 presented him with a smafl^torria-
hawk,\wbich"pieased.himw^amnch,.and he pronQunced&witb
muchrearnestness.the word, by which; I. then und^feoo,dMhey
call .a hatchet mogo. He readily, ate^of whateyer was* set before
him, b u t refused-salt a n d jm u s ta rd sp irits h e wouldmot touch,:
but. sugar he .took freely. He endeavoured iQjrepeat our,words
aff&Tus; . and, u p o n ;th e whole,-.was..infinitely. more, tractable
than the n a tr te ja s t described* .H e was an- elderly man, f short
in stature, ..but,well;made ;^his^arins and legs ?.wpre long.jp,
proportion to. his .body, which .was. slender,,and. straight.. Having;.
occasion i to, dispatch;;the'.first mate in. a .boat. tojQolqnel
Paterson,, I; tooh that,opportunity. ;of sending ml? iny-$CW H 9I-
larider, withdirpetipns.that he<should,be landed.-on thdprecise
spUt .from<iwhepce.>he .was tak en ,.-.which was agcprdingly-;dpne, I -
- ’ When. the. first, ipate w a s .returning,, he was,,sprpriged to find
fiis
passenger-of .the. day tosefore ,on^.t^ banks, who begged to bp
peripitted'ta^OTrn to th^,,y©ss^Uwith him: he had- a young lad
with him, iwhdip^j^sire4',ni%h^Uecpriipany vhito^andtthey
were,-bp|h 1 bron ^ tbon-iboardd This!lad,appeared tot foe, about
,d7.years<of:ag^hi^ arms, iegs,p,ndthi?^s werejemarkably -long,:
d e ^ a d e ^ e understandthat h^wishedlto,haye,a and I
soouv%tmd that^-cpuM, nob make. a^more:d,cceptable,present to
a , nati»eptef qw Holland^. Mr; .Lew-in* thqvdraugfotsman^of
,n^tur^l.'hh^ysfbpt^e^ ^ ^ H e^%l^^. portraits of
iidose:tw.O,'.iand I.w,as prpmisedA p o p y .th is design^iut'was
neyer ab le ,t^ ^ ^ u re ^ e i|h ^ ^ o p y v o r original. .Gurjold and
pe^nn^iiaiutap.cffipassedoneaday^withusdn.board^after^which
dJjgii-wereibAtb ian d ed* near? the^sDot^ f e E ^ b ey^had«.been first
j j j S T h e^ ^ re jjp e ^ etJy n ak ed ^ a n d f ^ l ^ u i g p well* pleased
, wherv.-thev fupderstood tha£ theiU Mke(n ^ s e s ^ e |,eyabQut>J to be
taken,^^ ^w hi’oh fpurpose*J they,, submitted ^hena^elves „jo be
plk^<^n^.a^mttit,ud,ej that^as^%ought proper. - I t ds^ojbsery-
jafele^that.all. the^New, Hollandersv,are proud oi^heing noticed
in the same manner.#?!
f. j.Qn, bv .Colonel,Paterson, withf.the
w^oklef his party^ (Thex Colonel had exploded .a branch of, t^e
rive®, onthe. banksmf which hefound a specie^ pf flax, growing,
, which;he thought4was,^aluable.. He had. collected^pppipiens.^f
many, rare andaqdpom^iQn plants, par,ticularly.|onre;varipties^f
the fern,tribeiE, but, unfortunat/^y^as m^^ne^omentdeprived
of; the fruits, p f his. skill.and,industry... H |^ r y ^ n t Jiad m a |e
' use»jpf the bundle of. plants, as a pillow,j and. haying" heedlessly
placed - it. to o , near the fire, it ^as soon in a blaze, and .hp^w^s
awaked .only time enough .to saye, his face from being pcorchqd
by the flam e |) The^CpJ^elipossesses;a gemerdjknowledge, of
* botany, and eypry .branebioi1. natural histol'?v His politeness
, ^nd atteptiopto .make.eyety^thing. agreeable^ to ine, during the
short