HerrGommissioner，neferwouldIhave——\"
TheCommissionerraisedonewhitehand，silently，Kampferdroppedhispipeandfled。
Withahandateachsideofhisface，andhiselbowsrestinguponthedesk，theCommissionersatstaringatthemapwhichwasspreadandfastenedthere——staringatthesweetandlivingprofileoflittleGeorgiadrawnthereupon——atherface，pensive，delicate，andinfantile，outlinedinaperfectlikeness。
Whenhismindatlengthcametoinquireintotherea-
sonofit，hesawthatitmusthavebeen，asKampferhadsaid，unpremeditated。TheolddraughtsmanhadbeenplattingintheEliasDennysurvey，andGeorgia\'slikeness，strikingthoughitwas，wasformedbynothingmorethanthemeandersofChiquitoRiver。Indeed，Kampfer\'sblotter，whereonhispreliminaryworkwasdone，showedthelaborioustracingsofthecallsandthecountlesspricksofthecompasses。Then，overhisfaintpencilling，KampferhaddrawninIndiainkwithafull，firmpenthesimilitudeofChiquitoRiver，andforthhadblossomedmysteriouslythedainty，patheticprofileofthechild。