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of them, soon after, turned it to his own advantage. 

 For happening to have a few cocoa-nuts, which one 

 of our people wanted to buy, and he was unwilling 

 to part with, he walked off, and was followed by the 

 man who wanted them. On seeing this he sat down 

 on the sand, made a circle round him, as he had seen 

 our people do, and signified that the other was not to 

 come within it ; which was accordingly observed. As 

 this story was well attested, I thought it not unwor- 

 thy of a place in this journal. 



Early in the morning of the 12th, I ordered the 

 carpenter to work, to repair the cutter, and the water 

 to be replaced which we had expended the three 

 preceding days. As Teabooma, the chief, had not 

 been seen since he got the dogs, and I w r anted to lay 

 a foundation for stocking the country with hogs also, 

 I took a young boar and sow with me in the boat, and 

 went up the mangrove creek to look for my friend, 

 in order to give them to him. But when we arrived 

 there, we were told that he lived at some distance, 

 and that they would send for him. Whether they 

 did or no, I cannot say ; but he not coming, I re- 

 solved to give them to the first man of note I met 

 with. The guide we had to the hills happening to 

 be there, I made him understand, that I intended to 

 leave the two pigs on shore, and ordered them out of 

 the boat for that purpose. I offered them to a grave 

 old man, thinking he was a proper person to intrust 

 them with ; but he shook his head, and he, and all 

 present, made signs to take them into the boat again. 

 When they saw I did not comply, they seemed to 

 consult with one another what was to be done ; and 

 then our guide told me to carry them to the Alekee 

 (chief). Accordingly I ordered them to be taken up, 

 and we were conducted by him to a house wherein 

 were seated, in a circle, eight or ten middle-aged 

 persons. To them 1 and my pigs being introduced, 

 with great courtesy they desired me to sit down ; 

 and then I began to expatiate on the merits of the 



