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.