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When I was going on board, the inhabitants 

 brought us so many cocoa-nuts, that the boat was 

 half filled with them ; for which I returned iron. 

 Labadeny again asked me from whence I had come, 

 and where I was going. My answer, that I came 

 from Otdia, and was sailing to Aur, astonished them 

 all very much, as they could not conceive how I 

 should be so well acquainted with their islands. 



The bad weather prevented me to-day from 

 leaving Tjan, at which Labadeny, who brought 

 me early in the morning some cocoa-nuts, and a 

 few small baked fishes, was much rejoiced, and 

 begged me to go on shore in his boat. The wind 

 blew hard when we left the ship, and I soon learnt 

 how easily such a canoe upsets, if it is not kept in 

 due balance. One of the savages, in spreading 

 the sail, had stepped too far on the loof : and we 

 should certainly not have come off with only the 

 fright, if the rest had not immediately thrown 

 themselves to the other side. The friendly re- 

 ception on land compensated for our disagreeable 

 trip ; we were conducted to a hut, which sheltered 

 us from the bad weather, where we sat very domes- 

 tically on neat mats. I met here the old woman, 

 whom I had seen on Labadeny's first visit to the 

 ship, and learnt that she was his mother ; she had 

 conceived a very great affection for me, called 

 me only Labadeny, and talked to me continu- 

 ally, which I so far liked, as it accustomed my 

 ear to the pronunciation. 1 observed, with plea- 



