[The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson by Ida Lee]@TWC D-Link bookThe Logbooks of the Lady Nelson CHAPTER 3 22/26
Never did I witness stronger marks of surprise than were depicted on the stranger's countenance when he heard the report of the gun and saw the two ducks fall into the water.
His astonishment was increased when he got on board the vessel; everything...seemed to fill him with wonder and amazement. During the time he stayed on board he never quitted my side, and at the hour of rest he laid himself down near my bed place.
I presented him with a small tomahawk which pleased him very much and he pronounced with much earnestness the word...'Mogo.' He readily ate of whatever was set before him; spirits he would not touch, but sugar he took freely.
He endeavoured to repeat our words after us; and was infinitely more tractable than the native last described.
He was an elderly man, short in stature but well made; his arms and legs were long in proportion to his body which was slender and straight.
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