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companied by some of the gentlemen. The moment 

 we landed, it was put into the boat, by a man who 

 walked off again without speaking one word. It 

 ought to be observed, that this was the only thing 

 they took, or even attempted to take from us, by 

 any means whatever. Being landed near some of 

 their plantations and houses, which were just within 

 the skirts of the woods, I prevailed on one man to 

 conduct me to them ; but, though they suffered 

 Mr. Forster to go with me, they were unwilling any 

 more should follow. These houses were something 

 like those of the other isles ; rather low, and covered 

 with palm thatch ; some were inclosed, or walled 

 round with boards ; and the entrance to these was by 

 a square hole at one end, which at this time was 

 shut up, and they were unwilling to open it for us 

 to look in. There were here about six houses, and 

 some small plantations of roots, &c. fenced round 

 with reeds as at the Friendly Isles. There were, 

 likewise, some bread-fruit, cocoa-nut, and plaintain- 

 trees ; but very little fruit on any of them. A good 

 many fine yams were piled up upon sticks, or a kind 

 of raised platform ; and about twenty pigs, and a 

 few fowls, were running about loose. After making 

 these observations, having embarked, we proceeded 

 to the S. E. point of the harbour, where we again 

 landed and walked along the beach till we could see 

 the islands to the S. E. already mentioned. The 

 names of these we now obtained, as well as the name 

 of that on which we were. This they called Malli- 

 collo * : the island that first appeared over the south 

 end of Ambrym is called Apee ; and the other, with 

 the hill on it, Paoom. We found on the beach a 

 fruit like an orange, called by them Abbi-mora, but 



* Or Mallicolla. Some of our people pronounced it Manicolo 

 or Manicola, and thus it is also written in Quiros's Memorial, as 

 printed by Dalrymple, vol.ii. p. 146. 



