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whose residence was not far off; and by some who 

 lived more remote. Their articles of'commerce were, 

 curiosities, fish, and women. The two first always 

 came to a good market ; which the latter did not. 

 The seamen had taken a kind of dislike to these peo- 

 ple ; and were either unwilling, or afraid, to asso- 

 ciate with them ; which produced this good effect, 

 that I knew no instance of a man's quitting his sta- 

 tion, to go to their habitations. 



A connection with women I allow, because I can- 

 not prevent it ; but never encourage, because I 

 always dread its consequences. I know, indeed, 

 that many men are of opinion, that such an inter- 

 course is one of our greatest securities amongst sav- 

 ages ; and perhaps they who, either from necessity or 

 choice, are to remain and settle with them, may find 

 it so. But with travellers and transient visitors, such 

 as we were, it is generally otherwise ; and, in our 

 situation, a connection with their women betrays 

 more men than it saves. What else can be reason- 

 ably expected, since all their views are selfish, with- 

 out the least mixture of regard or attachment? My 

 own experience, at least, which hath been pretty ex- 

 tensive, hath not pointed out to me one instance to 

 the contrary. 



Amongst our occasional visitors, was a chief named 

 Kahoora, who, as 1 was informed, headed the party 

 that cut off Captain Furneaux's people, and himself 

 killed Mr. Rowe, the officer who commanded. To 

 judge of the character of Kahoora, by what I heard 

 from many of his countrymen, he seemed to be more 

 feared than beloved amongst them. Not satisfied 

 with telling me that he was a very bad man, some of 

 them even importuned me to kill him: and, I be- 

 lieve, they were not a little surprised that I did not 

 listen to them ; for, according to their ideas of equity, 

 this ought to have been done. But if I had followed 

 the advice of all our pretended friends, I might have 

 extirpated the whole race ; for the people of each 



