modern European boudoir than those of this apartment,
which had, in some degree, been made the sanctum of its
present occupants. Here was to be seen the scaly carcass
of some huge serpent, extending its now harmless length
from the ceiling to the floor--there an alligator, stuffed
after the same fashion; and in various directions the
skins of the beaver, the marten, the otter, and an
infinitude of others of that genus, filled up spaces that
were left unsupplied by the more ingenious specimens of
Indian art. Head-dresses tastefully wrought in the shape
of the crowning bays of the ancients, and composed of
the gorgeous feathers of the most splendid of the forest
birds--bows and quivers handsomely, and even elegantly
ornamented with that most tasteful of Indian decorations,
the stained quill of the porcupine; war clubs of massive
iron wood, their handles covered with stained horsehair
and feathers curiously mingled together--machecotis,
hunting coats, mocassins, and leggings, all worked in
porcupine quill, and fancifully arranged,--these, with
many others, had been called into requisition to bedeck
and relieve the otherwise rude and naked walls of the
apartment.

Nor did the walls alone reflect back the picture of savage
ingenuity, for on the various tables, the rude polish of
which was hid from view by the simple covering of green
baize, which moreover constituted the garniture of the
windows, were to be seen other products of their art.
Here stood upon an elevated stand a model of a bark canoe,
filled with its complement of paddlers carved in wood