or's house, Baneelon expressed
honest joy to see his old friend, and appeared pleased to find that he had
recovered of his wound. The governor asked for Wileemarin, and they said
he was at Broken Bay. Some bread and beef were distributed among them but
unluckily no fish was to be procured, which we were sorry for, as a promise
of it had been one of the leading temptations by which they had been
allured over. A hatchet apiece was, however, given to them, and a couple
of petticoats and some fishing tackle sent for Barangaroo, and the other
woman.

The ceremony of introduction being finished, Baneelon seemed to consider
himself quite at home, running from room to room with his companions, and
introducing them to his old friends, the domestics, in the most familiar
manner. Among these last, he particularly distinguished the governor's
orderly sergeant, whom he kissed with great affection, and a woman who
attended in the kitchen; but the gamekeeper, M'Entire*, he continued to
hold in abhorrence, and would not suffer his approach.

[*Look at the account of the governor being wounded, when his detestation
of this man burst forth.]

Nor was his importance to his countrymen less conspicuous in other
respects. He undertook to explain the use and nature of those things which
were new to them. Some of his explanations were whimsical enough. Seeing,
for instance, a pair of snuffers, he told them that they were "Nuffer* for
candle,"--which the others not comprehending, he opened the snuffers, and
holding up the fore-finger of his left hand, to represent a candle, made
the motion of snuffing it. Finding, that even this sagacious interpretation
failed, he threw down the snuffers in a rage, and reproaching their
stupidity, walked away.

[*The S is a letter which they cannot pronounce, having no sound in their
language similar to it. When bidden to pronounce sun, they always say tun;
salt, talt, and so of all words wherein it occurs.]

It was observed, that a soft gentle tone of voice, which we had taught him
to use, was forgotten, and his native vociferation returned in full force.
But the tenderness which (like Arabanoo) he had always manifested to
children, he still retained; as appeared by his behaviour to those who were
presented to him.

The first wish they expressed to return, was complied with, in order to
banish all appearance of constraint, the party who had conducted them to
Sydney returning with them. When we reached th