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and well fed, such articles of provision as the island 

 produces must be in great plenty. It might, however, 

 be a matter of curiosity to know, particularly, their 

 method of subsistence; for our friend Mourooa told 

 us, that they had no animals, as hogs and dogs, both 

 which, however, they had heard of; but acknow- 

 ledged they had plantains, bread-fruit, and taro. The 

 only birds we saw, were some white egg-birds, terns, 

 and noddies; and one white heron, on the shore. 



The language of the inhabitants of Mangeea is a 

 dialect of that spoken at Otaheite ; though their 

 pronunciation, as that of the New Zealanders, be 

 more guttural. Some of their words, of which two 

 or three are perhaps peculiar to this island, are here 

 subjoined, as taken, by Mr. Anderson, from Omai, 

 who had learnt them in his conversations with Mou- 

 rooa. The Otaheite words, where there is any re- 

 semblance, are placed opposite. 



English. Mangeea, Otaheite. 



A cocoa-nut, * Eakkaree, Aree. 



Kooroo, Ooroo. 



Ewakka, Evaa. 



Naoo, mou. 



Taata, or Tangata, Taata. 



Cloth, or cloth- ) rp .. , -r, , 



j ' > laia, taia aoutee, Eoute. 



plant, y 



Good, Mata, Myty. 



A club, Pooroohee. 



Bread-fruit, 

 A canoe, 

 Friend, 

 A man, 



