LETTER LVII.

_Indian practice of eradicating hair from the person. Indolence and apathy of the people of the forest:—method observed in their intoxication:—arbitrary and despotic towards their females. Polygamy practised. Indians usually enbonpoint. Obesity the effect of inaction, or indulgence in eating. Grotesque appearance of the party journeying back to “Johanna.” An Indian village. Miserable state of a diseased woman. “Helvetia”—Hospitality of Mynheer Freinde. The party fanned by slaves, during dinner, at Johanna. Renewed visit to M. Scholten, and le vieux Fiscal. “Daargradt,” one of the prize-estates. Musquitoes_ 518