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and related to us a long story in their own lan- 

 guage, but of which we unfortunately did not 

 understand a word. One of the strangers, a man 

 of about thirty, of a middle size, and an agreeable 

 countenance, pleased me very much ; I gave him, 

 after I had made presents to the chiefs, some 

 pieces of iron, wdiich he received with gratitude, 

 though not with the same joy as the other savages. 

 He kept particularly close to me. When the sun 

 was settino;, and our ejuests about to leave us, he 

 took me aside, and, to my great astonishment, ex- 

 pressed a wish to remain Vvith me and never to 

 leave me. I could not suppose that it would last 

 longer than a day, was surprised at the attachment 

 which he had immediately formed for me, and 

 kept him, as the circumstance diverted us all very 

 much. Kadu had scarcely obtained permission, 

 when he turned quickly to his comrades, who were 

 waiting for him, declared to them his intention of 

 remaining on board the ship, and distributed his 

 iron among the chiefs. The astonishment in the 

 boats was beyond description ; they tried in vain to 

 shake his resolution ; he was immoveable. At last 

 his friend Edock came back, spoke long and seri- 

 ously to him, and when he found that his persua- 

 sion was of no avail, he attempted to drag him by 

 force ; but Kadu now used the right of the strong- 

 est, he pushed his friend from him, and the boats 

 sailed off. His resolution being inexplicable to 

 me, I conceived a notion that he perhaps intended 



