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bably will they, unless some of those men should 

 return who had lately gone from the isle ; of which 

 mention shall be made bye-and-by. We told several 

 of them, that M. de Bougainville came from France, 

 a name they could by no means pronounce, nor 

 could they pronounce that of Paris much better ; 

 so that it is not likely that they will remember either 

 the one or the other long. Whereas Pretane is in 

 every child's mouth, and will hardly ever be for- 

 gotten. It was not till the evening of this day that 

 we arrived in Matavai bay. 



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