I perceived, as he approached me, that this man was of the Indian race. His gloffy hair, copper colour, flattened forehead, and eyes that feemed to feek each other, all belpoke his origin. I obferved him in filence; and he, without fpeaking a fingle word, continued his work Prefently, he made a great whole in the fand in this he pet a great quantity of dry wood, which he kindled, and which foon became a fierce flame. Over this he placed the fifh he had juft caught, fprinkling over it a little falt and allipice, and plenty of citron juice; and, when the fish was will broiled, he fpread it over a large banana leaf, with a heap of bananast, and invited me to eat. This in vitation was the first speech he addressed to me; for he had hitherto acted as if he had been quite alone. An air of franknefs and fimplicity, as well as the delicious appear ance of his repaft, would not permit me to refuse the good favage. I confefs, too, that I never eat more excellent fifh. My appetite delighted my hoft, and he appeared fo well fatisfied with me, that, when we had finished our meal, I ventured to afk him fome queftions. You are a Carib,' said I.- Ah! yes,' anfwered he, his head dropping on his breaft, and tears fwimming in his eyes. Then he fuddenly rofe, and looked round, as if apprehenfive of being heard. My friend, added I, how long have you lived here?' Three years,' he replied: negroes of the neighbouring plantations bring me bananas and tobacco: and, in return, I give them a part of my fish, and fome calabathes that I carve for them.' the N 0 T E S. ed to a variety of very useful purpofes; and ferves to make cups, ladles, and many other articles of household furniture; for cafes to put divers kinds of goods in, as pitch, rofin, &c. The Indians, alfo, both in the North and South Sea, put the pearls they have fished in calabashes, and the negroes on the coaft of Africa do the fame with their Saying this, he threw himfelf with his face on the fand and with his hands prefied the earth as if he wished that it might open to conceal him. My foothing expreffions, and all the figns of fenfibility and compaffion that I evinced, obliged him, at laft, to rife; but I could not extort another word from him, and, at the approach of night, I retir ed, my heart impreffed with melancholy. Deeply affected as I was by this adven ture, I took care, however, not to mention it to any perfon; but I was determined to fee Okano again, and to prevail upon him, if pofiible, to gratify my curiofity. Never thelefs, I was cautious not to betray too much eagerness, left I should render him mistrustful of me. The next day, I waked till it was fo:newhat late before I repaired again to the fame place; and that day I would not even put any queftions to the Carib. But I prefented him fome tobaccoleaves and different fruits, which feemed to please him much. The following days, I returned familiarly, and began to accufor him fo well to my prefence, that he would now hardly begin his evening repaft till I arrived. Every time, however, that I again enquired his hiftory, he kept a profound filence: he wept; he made figns to me, with his hand, not to urge him; and he often threw himfelf, as before upon the ground. One day, when I went to vifit him at an earlier hour than ufual, I did not find him; and I fpent the whole afternoon expecting him, in vain. His hammock was ftill fufpended, and his calabashes in the fame order. Not a fingle thing was miffing in his hovel. The next day, and many days after, I still fought for him in vain. Okano appeared no more. Many reports were there fpread of the death of this unfortunate Indian. The negroes who loved him, were exhaufted in conjectures. Some fuppofed that the Zombies‡ had carried him off; others, that he had killed himself; and others, with greater probability, that he had been devoured by a fhark or an alligator. At last, my health being firmly re-eftablifhed, I left the plantation of my excellent friend, without being able to difcover what was become of the unfortunate Okano. (To be concluded in our next.) A Bit of Blood. N the annexed plate, we have endea gold duft. The fmaller calabashes are allo voured to defcribe a bit of blood to our frequently used by thefe people as a meafure, by which they fell their commodities to the Europeans. The leaves of this plant are even or eight feet long, and twenty inches broad; as ftrong as parchment, and are used for um brellas, and other purposes. Its fruit is a ↑nd of bread, which is dry and mealy. readers, as we have conceived it to be both N 0 T E. The Zombies make a great figure in the fuperftition of the negroes. Like the Larvæ of the ancients, they are fuppofed to be the fpirits of dead wicked men, that are permitted to wander, and torment the living. in at Bunbury Esq Delin of flesh or blood either that ever was crof- beaming with menigem A Bit of: Blood C. f jt al W it ba vit me bee fim anc refi I ne tite well finif fom anfw breafi Then as if friend here negroc bring turn, 1 fome ca W here?'. But te nued. - know it ; ed to a val ferves to n articles of put divers fin, &c. North and have fished on the coaft gold duft. frequently! fure, by wl to the Europ + The le eight feet lo as ftrong as P brellas, and kind of bread waduct, and torment; f fl te fpecies, and now we ral. 1 fo long misled by the ruth, that our breed of dangers do we incur are about to make a menages, repofitories, r (vulgarly speaking) metropolis, buy a ro defcribed in this plate) your way: the best bit er that ever was crof fed, will certainly come down one day or another, whereas one that has fallen (and fcarified himself pretty much) never will again if he can help it Spavins, fplints, corns, mallenders, falenders, &c. &c being all curable, are beneath your notice. A few of thefe little infirmities in your ftable will be always a fubject of converfation, and you may, perhaps, now and then want one-It'll likewife juftify you to your lady, in emellishing your book-cafe with Bracken, Gibson, Bartlett, and Griffith's-excellent authors in their way, and extremely useful-for you will have no occasion to be fending for an apothecary upon every trifling ailment in your family; but will know yourself how to make up a good ftout and effectual dose of phyfic for your wife or fervants, in the gooseberry season, and at the fall of the leaf. I would recommend a long tail, if it is to be had for love or money; if that is not to be got, buy a horfe with a rat tail, if poffible, though inferior in point of convenience to the former, there is a je ne fcai quoi of comicality about it, that inclines us to merriment whenever it makes its appearance. There is to be fure one inconvenience attending long tails in fummer (when the poor animals have moft need of them) and that is, horfes full of grafs are very fubject to fcourings; in this cafe by all means ride your horse with his tail in a bag, or elfe he may annoy you. Mind the attitude of the buman bit of blood we have given you as a model, how elegantly he fits his horfe; and above all thinke notice of his heels, juft in his hor.houlders; for no doubt, by spurring at your beaft's body, five times in fix, your labour is loft-if you are a fhort man, you spur the saddle cloth - if you are leggy, you never touch him at all—and if middling, you only wear out your own girths, without your horfe being a bit the better for it. In the course of thefe Magazines we will endeavour to carry our readers through all Geofrey Gambadoe's obfervations and remarks, during the whole time of his ferving as principal in his own inimitable academy for grown horfemen; for the prefent we muft content ourselves by having explained to our readers a bit of blood, both of the human and brute fpecies. Account of a young Maid's Wedding. HE beautiful heirefs, Anna Maria, is T a native of Northumberland, but has for fome years refided in Hampshire She is not eighteen years of age, perfectly genteel, with an irrefiflible grace in all her motions, fair to exceis, her fine blue eve beaming with intelligent sweetness, aubur |
