• N o . 8 .— T h is Plate reprefents th e y o u n g men ar ranged and fittin g
.upon the tru n k o f a tree,5 as th e y appeared in the e v en in g after the
o p e ra tion w a s o ve r . T h e man is C o le -be , w h o is ap p ly in g a broiled
fifh to his relation .N an -b ar -ray ’ s g u m ,'w h i c h h ad buffered from the
ftro k e m ore than an y o f ,th e o th e r s .’
■ S u d d en ly , o n ,a fign a l b e in g g iv e n , th e y all fla tted up , and rulhed
in to th e tow n , d r iv in g before th em men, w om e n ,, and ch ild ren , w h o
.were glad to g e t out o f th e ir w a y . T h e y w e re n ow received into the
clafs o f m e n ; w e r e p r iv ile g ed to w ie ld th e fpear and th e c lu b , and to
o pp ofe th e ir perfons in comba t. T h e y m ig h t now. alfo fe ize fuch fe males
as th e y chofe fo r w iv e s .
A l l t h i s , , h ow e v e r , m u ff be u n d e r flo od to im p o r t, that b y h a v in g
fu bm itted to th e o pe ra tion , h a v in g end ured th e p a in o f it w ith o u t a
m u rm u r , and h a v in g lo ft a fro n t to o th , th e y received a qua lification
w h ic h th e y w e r e to e x e r c ife w h en e v e r th e ir yea rs and th e ir ftren gth
fh o u ld be equal to it.
. B en -n il- lo n g ’ s fille r , and D a - r in g -h a ,. C o le -b e ’ s w i fe , h e a r in g me
e xp re fs a g re a t d efire to be poffeffed o f fom e o f thefe te e th , p rocured
th re e o f th em fo r m e ,'o n e o f w h ic h w a s that o f N a n -b a r - ra y , C o le -
b e ’ s relatioh.
I fo u n d th a t th e y h ad fattened th em to p ieces o f fm a ll lin e , and
w e r e w e a r in g them rou n d th e ir neck s. T h e y w e re g iv e n to me w i th
m u ch fe c re c y and grea t dread o f b e in g o bfe rv ed , and w ith an in ju n c tion
th a t I fh ould n e v e r le t it be k n ow n that th e y had made m e fu ch
a p re fen t, as th e C am -m e r - ra y tr ib e , to w h om th e y w e r e to be g iv e n ,
w o u ld no t fa il to- putnifh th em f o r i t ; and th e y added th a t th e y fh o u ld
tell th em th e teeth w e re lo ft. N a n -h a r - ra y ’ s to o th D a - r in g -h a w ifh e d
km e to g iv e to M r . W h ite , th e p r in cip al burgeon o f th e fettlement, w i th
w h om the b o y had liv ed from h is b e in g b ro u g h t in to it, in th e y e a r
1 7 8 9 , to M r . W h i te ’ s d ep a r tu re ; th u s w i th gra titud e rem em b e r in g ,
after th e lapfe o f fom e y ea rs , th e a ttention w h ic h that gen tleman h ad
fh ew n : to h e r relative.
H a v in g remained w ith th em w h ile th e ope ra tion was performed on
th re e o r fo u r o f th e b o y s , I w en t in to th e to w n , and re turn ed after
fu n -fe t, w h e n 1 fo u n d th e w h o le eq uip ped and feated on the tru n k o f
the tree, as defcr ibed in th e Plate, It w a s th en that I re ce ived th e
three