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window, opening her mouth wide, to shew us that 

 she had no teeth ; if this want prevented her chew- 

 ing, her mouth was the more active in talking. 

 Labugar relished wine extremely ; he was pleased 

 to feel how it came down into his stomach, which 

 he held, that it might not run out : after having 

 drank tw^o glasses, he played the most foolish 

 tricks. To treat our guests very highly, w^e had a 

 concert after dinner. Three sailors, all novices in 

 their art, came into the cabin with a violin, flute, and 

 4;ambourine ; it seemed, however, to our savages, as 

 ^tf the immortals had descended to afford poor 

 mortals a pleasure. The Violin excited the greatest 

 astonishment ; they would not believe, that the 

 sound was produced by the bow, and took care 

 not to come too near to the magic instrument. 

 After they had received some presents, they left 

 the ship in liigh spirits. In the afternoon, we 

 rowed on shore, and I saw, to my great joy, that 

 some of the seeds were already springing up in the 

 garden. Chamisso pointed out to me the small 

 gardens which the inhabitants had made in several 

 places. We could say, in the literal sense of the 

 word, that the seed had fallen in good ground, 

 and promised fine fruits for the future. 



The 2d of February. — After we had had a strong 

 east wind with rain, it cleared up towards evening, 

 and I took advantage of the fine weather to visit 

 my friend Lagediack, from whom I wished to obtain 

 the geographical situation of tlie group of islands, 



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