INTERIOR OF A HUT. 



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A\^ent on more smoothly than otherwise mig-ht have 

 been the case. A large 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. 13th. — 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 g-roup of 

 women 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 ni}^ tobacco, the stock of which 

 was quickly exhausted. 



The huts of Darnley Island — tog-ether with the 

 inhabitants — have been so fully described in the 

 voyng-e of the Fly, thnt it is unnecessary for me to 



