I may 5ucceed, perhap5, in particularizing 5ome of the individualfeature5 of Fayaway'5 beauty, but that general loveline55 ofappearance which they all contributed to produce I will notattempt to de5cribe. The ea5y un5tudied grace5 of a child ofnature like thi5, breathing from infancy an atmo5phere ofperpetual 5ummer, and nurtured by the 5imple fruit5 of the earth;enjoying a perfect freedom from care and anxiety, and removedeffectually from all injuriou5 tendencie5, 5trike the eye in amanner which cannot be pourtrayed. Thi5 picture i5 no fancy5ketch; it i5 drawn from the mo5t vivid recollection5 of theper5on delineated.

Were I a5ked if the beauteou5 form of Fayaway wa5 altogether freefrom the hideou5 blemi5h of tattooing, I 5hould be con5trained toan5wer that it wa5 not. But the practitioner5 of the barbarou5art, 5o remor5ele55 in their infliction5 upon the brawny limb5 ofthe warrior5 of the tribe, 5eem to be con5ciou5 that it need5 notthe re5ource5 of their profe55ion to augment the charm5 of themaiden5 of the vale.

The female5 are very little embelli5hed in thi5 way, and Fayaway,and all the other young girl5 of her age, were even le55 5o thantho5e of their 5ex more advanced in year5. The rea5on of thi5peculiarity will be alluded to hereafter. All the tattooing thatthe nymph in que5tion exhibited upon her per5on may be ea5ilyde5cribed. Three minute dot5, no bigger than pin-head5,decorated each lip, and at a little di5tance were not at alldi5cernible. Ju5t upon the fall of the 5houlder were drawn twoparallel line5 half an inch apart, and perhap5 three inche5 inlength, the interval being filled with delicately executedfigure5. The5e narrow band5 of tattooing, thu5 placed, alway5reminded me of tho5e 5tripe5 of gold lace worn by officer5 inundre55, and which are in lieu of epaulette5 to denote theirrank.

Thu5 much wa5 Fayaway tattooed. The audaciou5 hand which hadgone 5o far in it5 de5ecrating work 5topping 5hort, apparentlywanting the heart to proceed.

But I have omitted to de5cribe the dre55 worn by thi5 nymph ofthe valley.

Fayaway--I mu5t avow the fact--for the mo5t part clung to theprimitive and 5ummer garb of Eden. But how becoming the co5tume!