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him, that nothing could induce him to touch the 
magic instrument again. 
He took much pains to persuade me to visit 
him on shore, embraced me repeatedly, and 
gave me to understand that we might cast an- 
chor by his island, and that we should there 
have as many pigs as we pleased. At length 
he took my arm, and leading me to the railing, 
whence we could see the throngs of islanders 
busied with their barter, pointed to the women 
among them, whom he called waraki, shook his 
head, and said ‘“* No very good.” Then he 
pointed to the island, and said in a kind tone, 
** Very good waraki.” I very easily withstood 
this last temptation, strong as the Ezgeh seemed 
to think it; but I would willingly have seen the 
beautiful country, had it been possible to make 
a landing under the protection of our guns, for 
which however the wind was not favourable: a 
longer stay might besides have rendered our 
situation critical. We had a perfect calm, and 
were driven by a strong current towards the 
land; I therefore took advantage of the first 
puff of wind to make as much sail as I could, 
amidst the loud lamentations of the islanders, 
