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DETECTION OF A THIEF. a25 
or war canoe: he was much pleased with the 
vessel, and all that he saw, and not less so 
with the little presents he received; but a 
circumstance occurred that caused the honour- 
able old man some chagrin: one of his at- 
tendants having concluded a friendship with 
the cook, took advantage of it to secrete a knife 
in his canoe; the cook missed the knife, and 
his suspicions immediately fell on his friend. 
His person and canoe were searched, and on 
the discovery of the stolen treasure the criminal 
confessed his fault. He trembled exceedingly, 
probably remembering the flogging one of his 
countrymen received on board the Rurik for a 
similar offence. As my stay was this time to 
be so short, I considered the flogging super- 
fluous, and magnanimously forgave him, with a 
reproof, and an admonition never to steal again. 
Poor old Langediu was much hurt. He crawled 
about the ship in an agitated manner, exclaim- 
ing, Kabuderih emo aidarah (stealing not good), 
severely reprimanded, and threatened the of- 
fender,—showed him all the presents received 
from us, observing how much we must be 
shocked to be robbed, notwithstanding all our 
