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>777- On my landing, I found the king, in the houfe adjoining 



to our tent, along with our people who refided on fliore. 

 The moment I got to him, he bellowed upon me a prefent 

 of a large hog, and a quantity of yams. About the dulk 

 of the evening, a number of men came, and, having fat 

 down in a round group, began to ling in concert with 

 the mulic of bamboo drums, which were placed in the 

 centre*. There were three long ones, and two thort. With 

 thefe they flruck the ground endwife, as before defcribed. 

 There were two others, which lay on the ground, fide by 

 fide, and one of them was fpHt or fhivered ; on thefe a man 

 kept beating with two fmall flicks. They fung three fongs 

 while I flayed ; and, I was told, that, after I left them, the 

 entertainment lafled till ten o'clock. They burnt the leaves 

 of the wharra palm for a light ; which is the only thing I 

 ever faw them make ufe of for this purpofe. 



While I was pafling the day in attendance on thefe great 

 men, Mr. Anderfon, with fome others, made an excurfion 

 into the country, which furniflied him with the following 

 remarks: " To the Weftward of the tent, the country is 

 totally uncultivated for near two miles, though quite co- 

 vered with trees and bufl:ies, in a natural flate, growing 

 with the greateft vigour. Beyond this is a pretty large 

 plain, on which are fome cocoa-trees, and a few fmall 

 plantations that appear to have been lately made ; and, 

 feemingly, on ground that has never been cultivated before. 

 Near the creek, which runs to the Weftward of the tent, 

 the land is quite flat, and partly overflowed by the. fea every 



* The fame fort of evening concert is performed round the houfe of the Chief, or 

 Tamole., at the Caroline Iflawis. " Le Tamole ne s'endort qu'au bruit d'un concert 

 *' de mufique que forme une troupe de jeunes gens, qui s'afTemblent le foir, autour de 

 «' fa maifon, & qui chantent, a leur maniere, certaines poefies." Lettres Edifiantez 

 fcf Curieufes, Tom. xv. p. 314. 



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