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gan anew. The bond of friendship was now con- 

 cluded ; the savages became less reserved, joked, 

 and often embraced us. I tried to make Rarick 

 understand that I intended to go to the east, where 

 I supposed his habitation to be. He understood me, 

 and willingly got into my boat. We set oif; Rarick 

 sat next to me, and the savages got their canoe 

 under sail with admirable quickness, in order to 

 put about, as their boats are not made for rowing. 

 But as we were obliged to keep at some distance 

 from them, not to get in each others* w^ay, Rarick's 

 courage failed ; to be alone with us appeared dan- 

 gerous to him, and his fear was evident in all his 

 motions, though he tried to conceal it as much as 

 he could. They often called something out to him 

 from the canoes ; the conversation between him 

 and his subjects became more animated, and his 

 anxiety increased with every stroke of the oars : we 

 tried in vain to quiet him. Before we were aware 

 of it, he jumped, with all his treasures, into the 

 water, and swam quickly to his canoe, into which 

 he got, and suddenly turned to Goat Island. 

 It was impossible for us to suppose that they 

 would abandon us, after having made them so 

 many presents ; but, probably, they had received 

 tidings respecting the bearded, horned animals, at 

 which they wished to look : and, in fact, my mate, 

 who happened to be there at the time, confirmed 

 my supposition ; they had looked at the goats 

 with much surprise, had ran away in great terror 



