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had not gone far, before some of them, for what 

 reason I know not, were unwilling I should proceed ; 

 in consequence of which the whole company stopped ; 

 and, if I was not mistaken, a person was dispatched 

 for something or other to give me ; for I was desired 

 to sit down and wait, which I accordingly did, Dur- 

 ing this interval, several of our gentlemen passed us, 

 at which they showed great uneasiness, and impor- 

 tuned me so much to order them back, that I was at 

 last obliged to comply. They were jealous of our 

 going up the country, or even along the shore of the 

 harbour. While I was waiting here, our friend 

 Paowang came with a present of fruit and roots, car- 

 ried by about twenty men ; in order, as I supposed, 

 to make it appear the greater. One had a small 

 bunch of plantains, another a yam, a third a cocoa- 

 nut, &c. : but two men might have carried the whole 

 with ease. This present was in return for something 

 I had given him in the morning ; however, I thought 

 the least I could do now, was to pay the porters. 



After I had dispatched Paowang, I returned to 

 Wha-a-gou and his friends, who were still for detain- 

 ing me. They seemed to wait with great impatience 

 for something, and to be unwilling and ashamed to 

 take away the two dogs, without making me a re- 

 turn. As night was approaching, I pressed to be 

 gone ; with which they complied, and so we parted. 



The preceding day, Mr. Forster learnt from the 

 people the proper name of the island, which they 

 call Tanna ; and this day I learnt from them the 

 names of those in the neigh bourhood. The one we 

 touched at last is called Erromango ; the small isle, 

 which we discovered the morning we landed here, 

 lmmer ; the Table Island to the east, discovered at 

 the same time, Erronan or Foottoona ; and an island 

 which lies to the S. E. Annattom. All these islands 

 are to be seen from Tanna. 



They gave us to understand, in a manner which I 

 thought admitted of no doubt, that they eat human 



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