cobra by his prehensile tail, snowballed the Russian bear on the snowy
slopes of Alpine forests, and sold wooden nutmegs to the unsuspecting
innocents of Patagonia. He has peddled patent medicines in the Desert
of Sahara, and hung his hat and carved his name on the extreme top of
the North Pole. The only difficulty I find in describing him is that
I cannot tell what he cannot do. I will therefore set him in motion,
as he hates to be quiet."

When, wound up he pushes his hat back on his head and begins to whittle.

IX. THE CANNIBAL

"Here you behold a curious cannibal from the Feejee Islands, first
discovered by Captain Cook, who came very near being cooked by him.
In that case, the worthy captain would never have completed his
celebrated voyage round the world. This individual was greatly
interested in the cause of foreign missions. Indeed, he received the
missionaries gladly and gave them a place near his heart. He was finally
converted by a very tough tract-distributor, who had been brought up
in a Bloomsbury boarding-house, and was induced to become civilized.
One of his evidences of a change of life was shown by his statement
that he now had but one wife, like the English. 'What have you done
with the other twelve which you said you had a month ago?' asked the
tract distributor. 'Oh, I have eaten them!' replied the gentle savage.
This cannibal was very fond of children, especially those of a tender
age; he holds in his hand a war-club, with which he prepared his daily
meals, also a warwhoop, which is an original one."

Costume: Brown jersey and drawers, face and hands colored to match,
very short skirt, feather headdress, large rings in nose and ears. One