At length she yielded, and Abaroo, having first put a petticoat on her, brought her to us.

But this was the prudery of the wilderness, which her husband joined us to ridicule, and we soon laughed her out of it.

The petticoat was dropped with hesitation, and Barangaroo stood "armed cap-a-pee in nakedness." At the request of Baneelon, we combed and cut her hair, and she seemed pleased with the operation.

Wine she would not taste, but turned from it with disgust, though heartily invited to drink by the example and persuasion of Baneelon.
In short, she behaved so well, and assumed the character of gentleness and timidity to such advantage, that had our acquaintance ended here, a very moderate share of the spirit of travelling would have sufficed to record, that amidst a horde of roaming savages, in the desert wastes of New South Wales, might be found as much feminine innocence, softness, and modesty (allowing for inevitable difference of education), as the most finished system could bestow, or the most polished circle produce.

So little fitted are we to judge of human nature at once! And yet on such grounds have countries been described, and nations characterized.