Catharine learned, by long acquaintance with this people, that an outward manifestation of surprise _[FN: See Appendix L.]_ is considered a want of etiquette and good breeding, or rather a proof of weakness and childishness.

The women, like other females, are certainly less disposed to repress this feeling of inquisitiveness than the men, and one of their great sources of amusement, when Catharine was among them, was examining the difference of texture and colour of her skin and hair, and holding long consultations over them.

The young girl and her mother, those who had paddled the canoe the day she was carried away to the island, showed her much kindness in a quiet way.

The young squaw was granddaughter to the old chief, and seemed to be regarded with considerable respect by the rest of the women; she was a gay lively creature, often laughing, and seemed to enjoy an inexhaustible fund of good humour.

She was inclined to extend her patronage to the young stranger, making her eat out of her own bark dish, and sit beside her on her own mat.