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to steal during the night, and privately to leave 

 the ship, and therefore had the night-watch 

 doubled, and his bed made up close to mine on the 

 deck, where I slept, on account of the heat. Kadu 

 felt greatly honoured to sleep close to the Tamon 

 of the ship ; he spoke little, whatever pains we 

 took to amuse him, ate every thing that was 

 offered him, and quietly laid himself down to repose. 

 I will give the reader, in a connected detail, 

 the many things which he told of his fate at dif- 

 ferent times. 



Kadu w^as born in the island of Ulle, belonging 

 to the Carolinas, which must lie at least 1500 Eng- 

 lish miles to the west from here, and is known only 

 by name on the chart, because Father Cantara, in 

 1733, was sent from the Ladrones, as missionary 

 to the Carolinas. Kadu left Ulle with Edock, and 

 two other savages, in a boat contrived for sailing, 

 with the intention of fishing at a distant island ; 

 a violent storm drove these unfortunate men 

 quite out of their course : they drifted about the 

 sea for eight months, finding, but seldom, fish for 

 their food, and at last landed, in the most pitiable 

 situation, on the island of Aur. The most re- 

 markable part of this voyage is, that it was ac- 

 complished against the N.E. monsoon, and must 

 be particularly interesting to those who have been 

 hitherto of opinion that the population of the South 

 Sea Islands commenced from west to east. Ac- 

 cording to Kadu*s account, they had their sail 



