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property, and was herself subject to the Earee ; which 

 I believe was not the case when I was here before. 

 The wind, which had blown westerly all day, having 

 shifted at once to the east, we put to sea ; and I was 

 obliged to dismiss my friends sooner than they wished 

 to go ; but well satisfied with the reception they had 

 met with. 



Some hours before we got under sail, a young man, 

 whose name was Poreo, came and desired I would 

 take him with me. I consented, thinking he might 

 be of service to us on some occasion. Many more 

 offered themselves, but I refused to take them. This 

 youth asked me for an axe and a spike nail for his 

 lather, who was then on board. He had them ac- 

 cordingly, and they parted just as we were getting 

 under sail, more like two strangers than father and 

 son. This raised a doubt in me whether it was so ; 

 which was farther confirmed by a canoe, conducted 

 by two men, coming along-side, as we were standing- 

 out of the bay, and demanding the young man in the 

 name of Otoo. I now saw that the whole was a 

 trick to get something from me ; well knowing that 

 Otoo was not in the neighbourhood, and could know 

 nothing of the matter. Poreo seemed, how T ever, at 

 first undetermined whether he should go or stay ; but 

 he soon inclined to the former. I told them to return 

 me the axe and nails, and then he should go (and so 

 he really should), but they said they were ashore, and 

 so departed. Though the youth seemed pretty well 

 satisfied, he could not refrain from weeping, when he 

 viewed the land astern. 



