ther-of-pearl, were her ornaments. Her teeth were
jet black, from the use of the betel-nut, and her whole appearance was
such as to excite disgust in the breast of Amine.

She addressed Amine, but her words were unintelligible: and the
sufferer, exhausted with the slight effort she had made, fell back into
her former position, and closed her eyes. But if the woman was
disgusting, she was kind, and by her attention and care Amine was able
in the course of three weeks, to crawl out of the hut and enjoy the
evening breeze. The natives of the island would at times surround her,
but they treated her with respect, from fear of the old woman. Their
woolly hair was frizzled or plaited, sometimes powdered white with
chunam. A few palmetto-leaves round the waist and descending to the
knee was their only attire; rings through the nose and ears, and
feathers of birds, particularly the bird of paradise, were their
ornaments; but their language was wholly unintelligible. Amine felt
grateful for life; she sat under the shade of the trees, and watched the
swift peroquas as they skimmed the blue sea which was expanded before
her; but her thoughts were elsewhere--they were on Philip.

One morning Amine came out of the hut with joy on her countenance, and
took her usual seat under the trees. "Yes, mother, dearest mother, I
thank thee; thou hast appeared to me; thou hast recalled to me thy arts,
which I had forgotten, and had I but the means of conversing with these
people, even now would I know where my Philip might be."

For two months did Amine remain under the care of the Papoose woman.
When the Tidore people returned, they had an order to bring the white
woman, who had been cast on shore, to the Factory, and repay those who
had taken charge of her. They made signs to Amine, who had now quite
recovered her beauty, that she was to go with them. Any change was
preferable to staying where she was, and Amine followed them down to a
peroqua, on which she was securely fixed, and was soon darting through
the water with her new companions; and, as they flew along the smooth
seas, Amine thought of Philip's dream and the mermaid's shell.

By the evening they had arrived at the southern point of Galolo, where
they landed for the night: the next day they gained the place of their
destination, and Amine was led up to the Portuguese factory.

That the curiosity of those who were stationed there was roused, is not
to be wondered at--the