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1783. a small -glass to be brought into the room;

dec. wherein haying viewed his face, he looked be-

hind, to discover the person who looked athim; totally unable to make out how all thiswas produced. *

Nor did Lee Boo’s surprize at seeing himselfin the mirror, much execsd that of each of oilsown people, though the cause was different,not one of them having ever got a glimpse oftheir own face from the time of the wreck, eachhaving only noticed the hollow - eyed and lanklook of his companions; but when they no\Vflood before the mirror, every one individuallyperceived that .hard labour, hard living, sparediet, and anxiety of mind, had wrought achange in every countenance far greater thanthey could have imagined.

After pasting an evening, which had beenrendered pleasant and chearful from the hospit-ality of their host, and the simplicity os Le£Boo, our people retired for the night: whethe 1Lee Boo pasted it in sleep, or in reflecting onthe occurrences of the day, is uncertain; but Jtis more than probable they were the nextmorning recollected by him in that confuse^manner in which we recall the traces of Jdream.

•XtisWay The succeeding day he had more leisure to*• examine the house in which they. had slept:the'upright walls and flat debugs still continU'ed to be the objects of his surprize; he w' 3 Sperpetually feeling the first, as. if he though!- 1 he