ABSTRACT

They looked at the hastily constructed mannikin as a real Andaman, and at once attributing to it all the ferocious characteristics by which they considered the tribe to be distinguished, they invested the figure, that was entirely the creation of our hands, with qualities which were the embodiment of their own imaginations, and so formidable, that it was regarded as a test of prudence to keep at a reasonable distance from a shape so horrid.