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He soon comprehended my meaning, pointed 
to the south, named Tongatabu, one of the 
Friendly Islands, which are some days’ voyage 
from his own, and gave us to understand that 
he had sailed thither in his own vessel, and had 
there met with a ship from whose Ezgeh he had 
obtained the dollar as well as the parasol. The 
boldness and skill these islanders display in the 
management of their fragile canoes, guiding 
them on long voyages merely by the sun and 
stars, in a region where the trade-wind is seldom 
constant, is most surprising. 
I also made some little presents to the suite 
of the Kzgeh, and the good people were lost in 
amazement at their costliness, till their atten- 
tion was withdrawn from them to the ship itself. 
Their inquisitive eyes wandered in all direc- 
tions, and their astonishment and admiration 
was loudly expressed. The Eigeh contemplated 
the objects before him with more tranquillity, 
and asked but few questions, having already 
seen a ship, which his companions probably 
had not. 
He remarked, however, with wonder the num- 
