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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-21 00:00:00

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Indians; but it i., no more than the Mosquito men art
accustomed to in their own country, where they make
their own fishing and striking instruments without either
forge or anvil, though they spend a great deal of time
about them. Having obtained these conveniences, he
no longer lived upon seals, nor did he afterwards ever
kill any, except when he wanted lines, which he made
by cutting the seal-skins into thongs. He had now a
plentiful and comfortable subsistence, living upon goats,

gacity of the

Jut he supplied their place by fastening a skin
waist; he built himself a little house or hut,

about half a mile from the sea, which he lined with goat-
skins. To render it comph,te, his couch of sticks, raised
about two feet distance from the ground, was spread
with the same, and constituted his only bedding. Du-
ring the period of William's residence on the island, he
was often sc and at one time,

ght for by the Spaniards
being guided by the light of his fir(

ape, and his having frustrated, by
all their endeavours to take him,
suers consider him to be a supernatural

his activity and wiles

made his p
being. Will c

uish his friends from

their appearance, he almost went frantic with joy
posing they came on purpose to fetch him away—o

consequence is a man to himsel

a hearty welcome, he caught and killed three goats, and
dressed them with the chonta' (cabbage palm), that he
might be ready to treat the crews as soon as they came
on shore. On their landing, he was recognised by a
Mosquito Indian, named Robin, who was the first that
leaped on shore. Will had stationed himself at the sea-
side, dressed in his goat-skin, to congratulate them on
their arrival. The meeting of the two Indians, and old
friends, was affecting. Dampier gives the following de-
scription of the scene he witnessed Robin ran to his

brother Mosquito-man, threw himself flat upon his face

at his feet—who, helping him up and emliracing him,
fell flat with his face on the ground at Robin's feet, and
was by him taken up also. We stood with pleasure to
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tnd when their ceremonies of civility

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Each of us embraced him we had found there,
Ls overjoyed to see so many of his.:9lll friends

come hither, as he thought, purposely tirTetch him.'
Dampier and Edmund Cook were his firmer shipmates.
The latter was now only a private seaman ; and Will
found, that although his friends had not made so long a
voyage merely on his account, they proved themselves

not unmindful of him ; for, as soon as they had anchored,
they immediately got out their boat on purpose to send
for him. They stayed, to refit and refresh theinselves,
from the 23d of March to the Bth of April, 1684. Will
31 in procuring goats, of which there was
an abundance on the island ; and, after having resided
there alm

vas very usef

for three years, two months, and eleven
days, he embarked with his former friends, to renew the

avocation of a Buccaneer

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FAQL ERRS AT AN INDIAN FAlR.—Several faqueers
were to be seen walking through the fair, with one of
their arms immovably fixed over their heads, and their
finger nails a couple of inches long, and resembling horns.
One of them carried a little light red parasol over his
head, with his remaining hand, to protect his holiness
from the rays of the sun ! All these men seemed in the
prime of life ; their arms were ranch withered and shrunk,
and even some of their fingers had disappeared—probably
from ulceration. Amongst them one sat preminent.
This man's age was probably thirty ; his countenance was
a most superb one, at once graceful and dignified. His
air, while sitting on a tiger's skin, under his chatta or
umbrella was perfectly majestic. One of his arms, per-
fectly shrivelled, was extended to the sky. thoroughly
fixed and immoveable. The nails of his fingers, having
pierced the palm, appeared to protrude a couple of inches.
His thumb nail, of a dirty dark brown colour, was curved
like a half-moon, about half an inch wide, and at least
six inches long, s'rongly resembling the tusk of a wild
boar. His plaited hair, full six feet long, was wound
round his head, and worn as a turban. Here and there
were to he seen groups of three or four men and boys,
marked with tridents of white clay on their foreheads,
chanting songs in praise of. the river God Gunga, Krish-
noo, or other deities.—Davidson's Travels.

CABRERA.—This remarkable partisan may still be called
a young man; he is not more than thirty-nine years old.
In appearance, Cabrera is about the middle stature, ra-
ther slight, and not ungracefully formed. To a stranger,
his countenance is not indicative of the ferocity which has
made him so remarkable even amongst the sanguinary
leaders of the Carlist bands ; and his demeanour, when
not under the influence of intense excitement, is mild and
gentle. Even when affected by some overwhelming feel-
ing, his external manner betrays little of the tempest which
rages within : it is not boisterous nor loud, but rather
that of deep, calm, concentrated, yet deadly determina-
tion. On one occasion only it is recorded that this habi-
tual calmness completely abandoned him. This monster,
who is not redeemed by another virtue, wept like an in-
fant snatched from the bosom when the tiding's of his
mother's death reached him. He loved her much; and
her murder turned to gall whatever little of earthly feel-
ing made his heart still human. He shut himself up in
his apartment during two days, without admitting an in-
dividual, wAh the exception of one favoured servant, a re-
lative it is said, to witness the agony of grief to which he
abandoned himself, and which almost deprived him of
consciousness. How bitterly he avenged his ill-fated pa-
rent need not he told.—Mirror.

NATURALISTS IN PRlSON.—Perhaps to none can im-
prisonment prove more irksome than to those whose delight
has been in exploring mountain, wood, and field. Yet
two naturalists, who were confined together in the King's
Bench prison, contrived to pass their time somewhat
agreeably in philosophic investigations. One, the son of
an eminent ornithologist, employed his leisure in perform-

ing chemical experiments, and became a firm believer in
alchemy, although he failed to produce gold enough to
effect his liberation. Fancy-work carpentry was a favour-
ite occupation with him ; and his ingenuity was also dis-
layed in convertinv watch keys into duelling pistols fo,

fleas to settle their affairs of honour. The other prisoner
had once possessed a very extensive and valuable museum,
which was dispers'ed on the eve of his difficulties. Sixteen
years he dwelt within that prison's high and dingy walls,
never going beyond them for a moment, yet he was ever
full of etornological enthusiasm and worldly hope, always
fondly deceiving himself that in a few more weeks his case
in chancery would terminate in his favour, effecting the-eby
the replenishment of his purse, and his immediate libera-

Lion. Year after year rolled over
bloom from his cheeks, acid sprinkling his hair with grey,
yet this one hope never abandoned him. " A few weeks
more," he would say, " and I will be rambling once again

prime nets I have just
when I leave this plac

Then he hac