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arrived, he instantly perceived the change ofnames, 

 and could not suppress his rage. Langedju was cun- 

 ning enough to pretend to take no notice ; I tried 

 to conciliate my old friend by presents, but he would 

 have nothing whatever to do with his rival. In the 

 afternoon I went on shore with both chiefs, where 

 we were kindly received by the inhabitants. 

 Torua is twice as large as Tjan, but, in proportion, 

 not so populous, though the island appeared to 

 be very fertile. Immediately on landing, Labadeny 

 left me; Langedju, however, accompanied me, 

 with two of his subjects, in a promenade through 

 the island ; he was in a very good humour, laughed 

 a great deal, and made game of Labadeny. After 

 a long walk, in which I did not meet with any 

 thing remarkable, except that some fowls ran 

 about wild, I set myself down on the shore, and 

 embraced the opportunity of extending my know- 

 ledge of the geography of this chain of islands. I 

 drew on the sand the groups with which I was made 

 acquainted by Lagediack. Langedju was greatly 

 astonished that I was so well acquainted with their 

 names, but found their situation not quite correct, 

 and drew it himself. He placed himself towards 

 the N., began with the group Bigar, and continued 

 to the S., till the map was finished ; in the number 

 of groups it coincided with Lagediack's, but not 

 quite in the direction. He had marked, besides the 

 chain, two single islands, of which I took the one 

 that lay E. oi' Ai-lu for New Yeai-'s Island ; the 



