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peatedly exclaiming, Cahuderi emo aidaro, (steal 

 not good ;) the latter, after his punishment, got 

 into the canoe, and seemed to regret having been 

 deprived of the knife. This circumstance was 

 much laughed at on shore, and Rarick and Lage- 

 diack visited me again in the afternoon, bringing 

 presents of cocoa-nuts and roasted fish, as a proof 

 that they did not disapprove of what I had done. 

 I now told my friends that we should soon leave 

 them, which seemed to cause a disagreeable sur- 

 prise. Lagediack insisted on knowing where we 

 were going, and whether we would soon return. 

 My answer, that we were first going to sail to 

 Eregup and Kawen, to give the people iron, and 

 then entirely leave their islands, affected them all 

 very much. Lagediack particularly testified his 

 affection by repeatedly embracing me ; he infected 

 me with his feeling, and I felt as if I were parting 

 from an old friend when he left us with Rarick 

 after sunset. 



The 6th of February. — The news of our de- 

 parture, which was speedily circulated, brought us 

 a number of farewell visits. To-day, being the last 

 of our stay, my best friends did not quit the ship, 

 and I delighted Rarick and Langin with a piece of 

 sail-cloth for their new boats. In the afternoon I 

 was visited by the venerable old chief of the island 

 of Ormed ; we were all very partial to this old 

 man, and he received many presents; an old Coat, 

 with bright buttons, which we gave him, he put on 



