of Lord North's Island. 
Dialogues between Natives of Lord North’s Island and Horace 
Holden, one of the American Captives, who was called by the Na- 
tives Timir (Teemeet); the Captain (Barnard) was called 
Peter INGLIsH. 
Native. Timit, tai tu atidi, nang verri 
verri gir; mari Tobitai verri verri man 
Inglish mori puruk ; zabitu Yarris yet- 
tamen man Inglish. 
Horace, come here, for I am going 
to tattoo you; if Tobi man does not 
tattoo Englishman, he will die; Yarris 
(God) will come, and Englishman will 
go immediately out of sight; i. e. be 
destroyed. 
After Captain Barnard and Rollins escaped from the island, the natives would 
often ask of Holden and Nute, where they supposed Peter Inglish was; and, 
when told that he was on his way to England, they would say, — 
Ah! Pitir Inglish taw borobito Ing- 
lish; Pittr Inglish yipilif tang a ni ma- 
ria Tobi a pang-wl; Pitir Inglish mo- 
ri puruk wor a tat; Pitir Inglish titri 
titri mari Tobi pipi a pang-il, pipi a 
ligo’, pipia mullibadi; shaik! man Ing- 
lish yipilif ttimma’‘; mari a Tobi za so 
za titri Yarris, wawrwa a Inglish tcher 
prat tai bito wor Inglish. 
Ah! the captain will never get to 
England; the captain was a thief; he 
had not given Tobi man any iron, and 
he would die at sea; the captain talked, 
and talked with Tobi men, (that they 
should have) much iron, great many 
clothes, and much brass ; for shame ! 
Englishmen (are) all thieves and bad 
men; Tobi men (are) very angry; (we) 
will speak to God, and he will make the 
ship founder at sea, and the captain 
never will arrive in England. 
Whenever Holden or Nute expressed a wish to go to England, the natives 
would say, — 
Gur za bito Inglish ba? Taw a 
mikka wor Inglish; giir za bito Ing- 
lish, gir mori purtk; mari Inglish 
mukka ketchi etchi, oma a yeppik gir 
mummi tidi a Tobi, yevvérs mari Tobi 
yissiing a mikka. 
AS 
What do you (wish to) go to England 
for? There is nothing to eat in Eng- 
land; if you go to England, you will 
die ; Englishmen eat rats, and snails, 
and filth; if you stay in Tobi, you will 
live; Tobi men have very good (food) 
to eat. 
