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over tlie right shoulder ; besides this, they have 

 a cartridge-box and a pair of pistols buckled round 

 their naked waist. The whole train came out of 

 the fort, where, in case of an attack, every thing 

 had been prepared for defence. Kareimoku's Her- 

 culean figure, united with polished and dignified 

 manners, appeared to great advantage in, the Ro- 

 man costume ; his countenance indicated good 

 sense, and as he really possessed a large share of 

 it, the English living here have surnamed him 

 Pitt. He saluted me in the European fashion, 

 shaking me by the hand, and after he had invited 

 me to take a seat, and had also seated himself with 

 his suite, my first care w^as to remove his mistrust 

 against us. Young made him acquainted with the 

 object of our voyage ; his gloomy countenance 

 brightened up a little, and he desired Young to say 

 to me as follows : " The gods are our witnesses, 

 that we never did the Russians any injustice, and 

 yet they rendered us evil for good !" I assured 

 him that every thing done here by Scheffer (about 

 whom he particularly complained) had been con- 

 trary to the will of our emperor, and tried to make 

 him easy respecting the future, which he still 

 dreaded. Our conversation ended in his promising 

 me thatTamaahmaah's commands,which were sacred 

 to him, should be obeyed ; and that to-morrow 

 morning, at four o'clock, I might fire a gun as a 

 signal for the boats which were to bring me into 

 the harbour. Hereupon we parted on friendly terms. 



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