sation. He was greatly emaciated, and so
far disfigured by a long beard, that our people not without difficulty
recognized their old acquaintance. His answering in broken English, and
inquiring for the governor, however, soon corrected their doubts. He seemed
quite friendly. And soon after Colbee came up, pointing to his leg, to show
that he had freed himself from the fetter which was upon him, when he had
escaped from us.

When Baneelon was told that the governor was not far off, he expressed
great joy, and declared that he would immediately go in search of him,
and if he found him not, would follow him to Sydney. "Have you brought any
hatchets with you?" cried he. Unluckily they had not any which they chose
to spare; but two or three shirts, some handkerchiefs, knives, and other
trifles, were given to them, and seemed to satisfy. 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. They were both healed, and probably
were acquired in the conflict wherein he had asserted his pretensions to
the two ladies.

Nanbaree, all this while, though he continued to interrogate his
countrymen, and to interpret on both sides, she