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Other lay at the distance of a day's voyage to W, ; 

 the eastern one he called Miadi, that to the W. 

 Temo. The map, as was afterwards proved, was 

 very correct ; for, as I discovered all these groups, 

 I have accurately copied it in my note-book. On 

 my return, I fell in with a company who were 

 sitting round a fire, and boiling something in cocoa- 

 shells. I accepted their invitation to sit down, 

 and I now saw that they were making into powder 

 rotten cocoa-wood, and boiling it in water to a 

 thick pap; of this they made little cakes baked 

 in leaves, but which I found to be quite tasteless. 

 I was more pleased with the tender attention of 

 the parents towards their children, which I re- 

 marked here likewise in a very high degree. I 

 remained on this island till the 19th of February; 

 Langedju scarcely ever left the Rurick, and 

 brought me once some taro-root, upon which he 

 set a very high value. We daily received a num- 

 ber of visitors, but Labadeny did not make his 

 appearance. We changed iron for cocoa-nuts ; 

 the sailor who had this office was held in great 

 esteem by the inhabitants ; they embraced and 

 kissed him continually, probably in the hope that 

 their fondness might be taken into the account. 

 The mean of our observations 



gave for the latitude of our 



anchoring-place - - - 8° 43' 10'' N. 

 Longitude, according to the 



chronometers - . _ 

 Variation of the magnetic needle 



