savage island from whence he came, or on board the vessel in which
he sailed.

"Do you imagine," cried his uncle, laying his hand gently on the
reverend habiliment, "that this grows?"

"What is on MY head grows," said young Henry, "and so does that
which is upon my father's."

"But now you are come to Europe, Henry, you will see many persons
with such things as these, which they put on and take off."

"Why do you wear such things?"

"As a distinction between us and inferior people: they are worn to
give an importance to the wearer."

"That's just as the savages do; they hang brass nails, wire,
buttons, and entrails of beasts all over them, to give them
importance."

The dean now led his nephew to Lady Clementina, and told him, "She
was his aunt, to whom he must behave with the utmost respect."

"I will, I will," he replied, "for she, I see, is a person of
importance too; she has, very nearly, such a white thing upon her
head as you have!"

His aunt had not yet fixed in what manner it would be advisable to
behave; whether with intimidating grandeur, or with amiable