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offered all his treasures to the preserver of his life, 

 he was generous enough to refuse them ; he took 

 only a trifle, and forbade his people, on pain of 

 death, to do any harm to the poor strangers. Kadu, 

 with his companions went to Tigedien's house, 

 who took paternal care of him, and conceived a 

 particular affection for him, on account of his na- 

 tural understanding and kind heart. According to 

 his reckoning, it must be about three or four years 

 since his arrival here. Kadu was engaged in the 

 woods, when the Rurick came in sight, and he 

 was speedily sent for, as they expected from him, 

 who had travelled far, and was generally accounted 

 a very sensible man, an explanation of this strange 

 phenomenon. He had often told them of ships, 

 which, though they had visited UUe during his 

 absence, he had heard of; he even knew the 

 names of two men, Lewis and Marmol, who had 

 come from the great island of Britannia ; and he, 

 therefore, by the description, knew our ship. 

 Being very partial to the whites, he urged the 

 islanders to go on board, which they, at first, 

 declined, for, according to tradition, the white 

 men devoured the black. How they came to this 

 opinion was an enigma to us, for, except an ancient 

 tradition, that at a very remote period, a large 

 ship had sailed past Kawen, they had no other 

 idea of European ships, but such as had been 

 communicated to them by Kadu. His promise to 

 barter some iron for them, at last induced them 



