118 VOYAGE TO THE 



C ?v P ' tna ^ n * s own conc ^ uct should form an example to the 



-^,— ' rising generation. 



^25 In the course of conversation, he one day said he 



would accompany me up the mountain, if there was 

 nobody else near ; and it so happened, that on the 

 only day I had leisure to go the young men were 

 all out of the way. Adams, therefore, insisted upon 

 performing his engagement, though the day was 

 extremely hot, and the journey was much too labo- 

 rious, in any weather, for his advanced period of 

 life. He nevertheless set out, adding, " I said I 

 would go, and so I will ; besides, without example 

 precept will have but little effect." At the first 

 valley he threw off his hat, handkerchief, and jacket, 

 and left them by the side of the path ; at the se- 

 cond his trousers were cast aside into a bush ; and 

 had he been alone, or provided with a maro, his 

 shirt would certainly have followed : thus disen- 

 cumbered, he boldly led the way, which was well 

 known to him in earlier days ; but it was so long 

 since he had trodden it, that we met with many 

 difficulties. At length we reached the top of the 

 ridge, which we were informed was the place where 

 M'Coy and Quintal had appeared in defiance of 

 the blacks. Adams felt so fatigued that he was 

 now glad to lie down. The breeze here blew so 

 hard and cold, that a shirt alone was of little use, 

 and had he not been inured to all the changes of 

 atmosphere, the sudden transition upon his aged 

 frame must have been fatal. 



During the period we remained upon the island 

 we were entertained at the board of the natives, 

 sometimes dining with one person, and sometimes 

 with another : their meals, as I have before stated, 



