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on clean cocoa-leaves in the middle. Every 
one had a cocoa-leaf for a plate. Upon the 
dishes were laid wooden spoons, with which the 
guests helped themselves, —an improvement 
since my former visit to Radack, when their 
mode was to help themselves from the dish 
with their hands. Langediu remarked, that the 
order of his table pleased me, and said Ma- 
muan Russia mogai (the Russians eat so). I 
rejoiced in the increased civilization denoted by 
this more becoming mode of eating ; probably 
introduced by Kadu, who had seen it during 
his stay among us. I enjoyed a still greater 
pleasure, when after the first course of baked 
and bread-fruits, came one of yams, which I 
had brought hither from the Sandwich Islands. 
At Otdia, I had been told that Lamari had car- 
ried away to Aur all the plants I had left behind. 
I was therefore much surprised at the sight of 
the yams. They perfectly supply the place of 
our potatoes, are wholesome and _ pleasant, and, 
if cultivated with moderate industry, are a cer- 
tain resource against famine. Langediu told 
me, that Kadu had planted the yams on Ormed, 
