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such incessant questions, that I was not a little 

 relieved when, at length, she proposed to de- 

 part. In taking leave, she observed, " If I 

 have wine, I must have glasses, or how can I 

 drink it ?'' So saying, she took the bottle that 

 had been given her, in one hand, and, with the 

 other, seizing without ceremony the glasses that 

 stood on the table, she went upon deck. There 

 she made a profound courtesy to all present, 

 and again took her seat in the shallop. Thus 

 ended this condescending visit, with the royal 

 appropriation of my wine glasses. Nomahanna 

 had, however, been so liberal to us, that she 

 had a right to suppose she would be welcome 

 to them. 



The illness of Karemaku had very much 

 increased since his arrival in Wahu ; he had 

 every symptom of dropsy. Our physician, 

 however, succeeded, in a great measure, in re- 

 storing him to health, and when I paid him a 

 congratulatory visit, I found him very grateful 

 for the benefit he had received, full of spirits, 

 and very facetious. I adopted his tone, and 

 jestingly told him, that we would certainly 

 complete his cure, even if we should be obliged 



