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ill the evening with the news, that people had been 

 found there who had probably arrived in the night. 

 The mate told me that they had received him very 

 kindly, obhged him to take some ornaments which 

 he had refused to accept, treated him with pan- 

 danus' juice, and, besides, did not let him want for 

 entertainment. He farther observed, that he had 

 seen neither women nor children, but a very old 

 man whom he had not known before. Chramt- 

 schenko found the presents we had brought thither, 

 the buck and the goats having taken for their 

 night's lodging a small hut near the principal habi- 

 tation. The islanders ventured to cast only stolen 

 glances upon these animals, and were ready to run 

 away every time they moved. It may easily be 

 supposed what an impression such a strange animal 

 with horns and a long beard must have made on 

 the savages, and it is not surprising that they run 

 in all directions with loud cries, on an attempt 

 being made to bring one nearer to them. This 

 description of their fright put me in mind of 

 Robinson's Friday, who had likewise been in the 

 greatest alarm on seeing a goat. The mate tried 

 to make them understand that the goats were a 

 present from us, and intended for their support; 

 which they at length seemed to understand, as they 

 often repeated the word Aidara, by which they 

 meant to express their gratitude and friendly inten- 

 tions. The fowls were known to them; they 

 called the cock kahuy and the hen lia-lia-kahu. 



