INTERIOR OF A HUT. 



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^^Tnt on more smoothly than otherwise mig-ht have 

 been the case. A larg'e supply of cocoa-nuts and 

 a few veg"etables having- been obtained for axes^ 

 knives, calico^ and red cloth^ we returned to the ship. 



Dec, 13f/*.— Three boats were sent to Kiriam to 

 procure more cocoa-nuts. There being- no prohibi- 

 tion of landing-, I remained on shore during- the 

 bartering-, sitting" in a shady place among* a gToup of 

 w^omen and children, and employed in procuring* 

 materials for a vocabulary. Most of them remem- 

 bered me of old, and in consequence fancied they 

 had a claim upon my tobacco, the stock of which 

 was quickly exhausted. 



The huts of Darnley Island — tog-ether with the 

 inhabitants — have been so fully described hi the 

 voyag-e of the Fly, that it is unnecessary for me to 



