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Chinese Mandarin; and we had recourse to 
long poles as the only means of freeing ourselves 
from such undesirable appendages. 
At the western promontory of the island we 
again lay to, and purchased two pigs from some 
canoes which soon came up. The savages here 
in no other respect differed from those of Mas- 
sacre Bay, than by conducting themselves in a 
rather more peaceable manner, probably from 
fear, as their number was small. 
In the evening the island of Olajava appeared 
in sight; and about seven miles from a little 
island lying in its neighbourhood, several ca- 
noes, carrying two or three men each, rowed 
towards us, deterred neither by the distance nor 
the increasing darkness. Our visitors proved to 
be merry fishermen, for their carefully con- 
structed little canoes adorned with inlaid muscle- 
shells, were amply provided with large angling 
hooks made of mother-of-pearl, attached to long 
fine lines, and various kinds of implements for 
fishing, and contained an abundance of fine live 
fish of the mackerel kind. 
An expression of openness and confidence 
sat on the countenances of this people. Our 
