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If there had been the most distant probability 

 any ship being again sent to New Zealand, I would 

 have brought the two youths of that country home 

 with me, as both of them were very desirous of 

 continuing with us. Tiarooa, the eldest, was an 

 exceedingly well disposed young man, with strong 

 natural sense, and capable of receiving any instruc- 

 tion. He seemed to be fully sensible of the infe- 

 riority of his own country to these islands, and 

 resigned himself, though perhaps with reluctance, to 

 end his days in ease and plenty in Huaheine. But 

 the other was so strongly attached to us, that he was 

 taken out of the ship, and carried ashore by force. 

 He was a witty, smart boy ; and on that account 

 much noticed on boards 



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