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l60 THE MAN OF THE WORLD.
their power; during the courfe of which,
not a groan efcaped from the fufferers;
but while the ufe of their voices remained,
they fung in their rude, yet forcible
manner, the glory of their former vidlo-
ries, and the pleafure they had received
from the death of their foes; concluding
always with the hopes of revenge from
the furviving warriors of their nation.
Nor was it only for the pleafure of the
reflexion that they caroled thus the tri¬
umphs of the pafi;; for I could obferve,
that, when at any time the rage of their
tormentors feemed to fubfide, they poured
forth thole boaftful ftrains in order to re¬
kindle their fury, that intenfenefs of pain
might not be wanting in the trial of their
fortitude. 1 perceived the old man whom
I have before mentioned, keep his eye
fixed upon me during this inhuman fo-
lemnity ; and frequently, when an extreme
degree