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of islands with their chief Lamari. The old 
mother then took up the conversation, and very 
diffusively related that Lamari, soon after our 
departure, had come hither with a fleet, and 
forcibly carried to Aur all the animals, plants, 
tools, pieces of 1ron,—in short, whatever we had 
left on the island. 
Lagediak confirmed this tale, and added, that 
Lamari had demanded of every islander, under 
pain of death, the last piece of iron in his pos- 
session. Kadu, he said, soon after our depar- 
ture, had married a handsome girl, the daughter 
or relation of the chief of Ormed; had been 
raised to the dignity of a Tamon-ellip, or great- 
commander, by Lamari; and having freely made 
over the half of his treasures to this personage, 
(a step which I had myself advised,) had been 
permitted to retain peaceable possession of the 
remainder. It was also by his own desire that 
Lamari had removed him to Aur, where he con- 
tinued his superintendence of the plants and 
animals. Kadu had commissioaed Lagediak to 
relate all these circumstances to me, with a 
request that I would visit him at Aur; an in- 
