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from it in less than an hour; and had we stayed 
longer, the canoes must have amounted to some 
hundreds, as the whole sea between us and 
the island was rapidly covering with increasing 
numbers. 
Our market became still more animated 
when, the ship’s provision being completed, 
I gave permission to the sailors to trade each 
for himself; as hitherto, to avoid confusion, 
the bargains had all been made by one _ per- 
son. Now some wanted one thing, some 
another from the canoes; and buttons, old bits 
of cloth, and pieces of glass, were offered in 
exchange. ‘The noise became louder and louder ; 
and the sailors laid in such a stock of their 
own, that for weeks afterwards their breakfast- 
table was always provided with a roasted pig 
stuffed with bananas, and their palates gratified 
with abundance of delicious fruits. They una- 
.nimously declared that they had never seen so 
rich a country. 
Our trade was interrupted by the appear- 
ance of a great canoe surrounded with lesser 
ones, which, advancing towards us, drew the at- 
tention of all the natives. They called out 
