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features were not handsome but agreeable; his 
countenance was intelligent and reflective; his 
behaviour modest and decorous. 
On entering the ship, he inquired for the 
EKigeh, and I was pointed out to him; he ap- 
proached me, bowed his head a little, spoke a 
few words which IJ did not understand, and then 
took hold of my elbows with both hands, raised 
them up several times, and repeated the English 
words ‘* Very good.” After this welcome, which 
I returned in an European manner, he gave me 
to understand that he was Eigeh of the Flat 
Island, and commanded his attendants to lay at 
my feet the presents he had brought for me, 
consisting of three fine fat pigs, which he called 
boaka, and some fruits. I presented him in re- 
turn with a large hatchet, two strings of blue 
beads, and a coloured silk handkerchief, which I 
bound for him myself over his turban. The 
Eigeh appeared excessively happy in the posses- 
sion of these treasures, and tried to express his 
thankfulness by various gesticulations, and the 
repetition of the words ‘‘ Very gocd.” He also 
seemed to hold the blue beads in great estima- 
tion, and could not feel convinced that all those 
