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mission as if he had been a distinguished Tamon. 

 Afterwards he had even the politeness to accom- 

 pany them on shore, and took, without ceremony, 

 the place of honour in the canoe ; the simple sa- 

 vages sung and rejoiced, and carried him on their 

 shoulders through the water without considering 

 that he had only been a common man like them- 

 selves a few days before ; a zeal which he probably 

 heightened by some old nails which he took with 

 him from the ship to give to them. When he ar- 

 rived on shore he sat down with much gravity ; 

 they all surrounded him, standing, and he related 

 to them his important adventures and experience. 

 In the afternoon we went on shore, where we 

 made the observation that this group must have 

 been produced much later than Otdia, Kawen, &c. j 

 it had but little mould, and was very poor in fruits, 

 considering its size : we did not see the bread-fruit 

 tree at all. The pandanus, which is in abundance 

 on the other islands, was here reared with the 

 greatest care. Fowls, which are tied with strings 

 to the huts, as dogs are with us, are here more fre- 

 quent: their flesh however does not serve for food, 

 but their feathers for ornament. The long feathers 

 of the tropical birds belong only to their dress 

 of ceremony, but are very seldom met with. We 

 learnt that Lamary had shortly sailed from here to 

 Udirick to assemble a military force, and that 

 Langemui, who had remained here as chief of this 

 group, resided now at the northern point of the 



