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'777- perly, put the qiieftion to them, Whether they ever eat 

 «—— V — '-^ human flefli r which they anfwered in the negative, with a 

 mixture of indignation and abhorrence. One of tliem, 

 whofe name was Mourooa, being afked how he came by a 

 fear on his forehead, told us that it was the confcquence of 

 a wound he had got in fighting with the people of an 

 ifland, which lies to the North Eallward, who foraetimes 

 came to invade them. They afterward took hold of a 

 rope. Srill, however, they would not venture on board ; 

 but told Omai, who underflood them pretty well, that their 

 countrymen on fliore had given them this caution, at the 

 fame time dire(5ling them to inquire, from whence our fliip 

 came, and to learn the name of the Captain. On our part, 

 we inquired the name of the ifland, which they called 

 Mangya or Mangeea ; and fometimes added to it Nooe, naiy 

 naiiva. The name of their Chief, they faid, was Orooaeeka. 



Mourooa was lufly and well made, but not very tall. His 

 features were agreeable, and his difpofuion feemingly no 

 lefs fo ; for he made feveral droll gefticulations, which 

 indicated both good-nature and a fhare of humour. He 

 alfo made others which feemed of a ferious kind, and re- 

 peated fome words with a devout air, before he ventured to 

 lay hold of the rope at the (hip's ftern ; which was pro- 

 bably to recommend himfelf to the protedion of fome Di- 

 vinity. His colour v>ra3 nearly of the fame caft with that 

 common to the mod fouthern Europeans. The other man 

 was not fo handfome. Both of them had llrong, ftraight 

 hair, of a jet colour, tied together on the crown of the 

 head with a bit of cloth. They wore fuch girdles as we 

 had perceived about thofe on Ihore, and we found they 

 were a fubflance made from the Morus pa'jrifera, in the 

 fame manner as at the other illands of this ocean. It was 



glazed 



