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that they were of no manner of ufe to him ; that a baked 

 hog was more favory food than a boiled one ; that a plan- 

 tain-leaf made as good a difli or plate as pewter ; and that a 

 cocoa-nut Ihell was as convenient a goblet as a black-jack. 

 And, therefore, he very wifely difpofed of as many of ihcfc 

 articles of EngliQi furniture for the kitchen and pantry, as 

 he could find purchafers for, amongft the people of the 

 fliips ; receiving from them, in return, hatchets, and other 

 iron tools, which had a more intrinfic value in this part of the 

 world, and added more to his dillinguifliing fuperiority over 

 thofe with whom he was to pafs the remainder of his days. 



Tuefday 28. In the long lift of the prefents beftowed upon him in Eng- 

 land, fire- works had not been forgot. Some of thefe we ex- 

 hibited, in the evening of the 28th, before a great concourfe 

 of people, who beheld them with a mixture of pleafure and 

 fear. What remained, after the evening's entertainnient, 

 were put in order, and left with Omai, agreeably to their 

 oiiginal deftination. Perhaps we need not lament it as a 

 ferious misfortune, that the far greater fhare of this part of 

 his cargo, had been already expended in exhibitions at other 

 illands, or rendered ufelefs by being kept fo long. 



Thurfdayjo. Between midnight and four in the morning of the 30th, 

 the Bolabola man, whom I had in confinement, found means 

 to make his cfcape out of the fliip. He carried with him 

 the {hackle of the bilboo-bolt that was about his leg, which 

 was taken from him, as foon as he got on fliorc, by one of 

 the Chiefs, and given to Omai ; who came on board, very 

 early in the morning, to acquaint me that his mortal enemy 

 was again let loofe upon him. Upon enquiry, it appeared, 

 that not only the fentry placed over the prifoner, but the 

 whole watch, upon the quarter deck where he was confined, 

 had laid themfelves down to fleep. He fcized the opportu- 

 nity 



