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diuro, and expressed a wish to know how the 
campaign had prospered, which Lamari, when 
I was last here, was about to undertake against 
those islands. He understood me perfectly, 
and taxed to the utmost his powers of panto- 
mime to give me an account of the war, in 
which he had himself been engaged. 
Lamari’s fleet, as I understood my informant, 
consisted of forty vessels; and therefore, judg- 
ing by the size of the boats here, the whole army 
could not be above four hundred strong, in- 
cluding the women, who, from the rear, lend as- 
sistance tothe combatants by throwing stones 
at the enemy, and by assuming the surgeon’s 
office. This force was collected from the whole 
Radack chain; the war was bloody, and lasted 
six whole days. Five of the enemy were slain, 
and |Lamari gained a splendid victory with the 
loss of one man! ‘The fleet returned triumph- 
ant, laden with cocoa-nuts, bread-fruit, and 
pandanas. Kadu had especially distinguished 
himself: he was armed with a sabre and lance, 
and wore a white shirt, and wide trowsers, which 
formidable attire was completed by a red cap 
on his head. All the hatchets, above a hundred 
