Baneelon,
Willing To Instruct His Countrymen, Tried To Put On A Shirt, But Managed It
So Awkwardly, That A Man Of The Name Of M'Entire, The Governor's Gamekeeper,
Was Directed By Mr. White To Assist Him.
This man, who was well known to him,
he positively forbade to approach, eyeing him ferociously, and with every mark
of horror and resentment.
He was in consequence left to himself,
and the conversation proceeded as before. The length of his beard seemed
to annoy him much, and he expressed eager wishes to be shaved,
asking repeatedly for a razor. A pair of scissors was given to him,
and he shewed he had not forgotten how to use such an instrument,
for he forthwith began to clip his hair with it.
During this time, the women and children, to the number of more than fifty,
stood at a distance, and refused all invitations, which could be conveyed
by signs and gestures, to approach nearer. "Which of them is your old
favourite, Barangaroo, of whom you used to speak so often?"
"Oh," said he, "she is become the wife of Colbee! But I have got
'bulla muree deein' (two large women) to compensate for her loss."
It was observed that he had received two wounds, in addition to his former
numerous ones, since he had left us; one of them from a spear,
which had passed through the fleshy part of his arm; and the other displayed
itself in a large scar above his left eye.
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