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here only one day under sail to speak to Lamary. 

 Four canoes soon appeared with their chief, and 

 were about to repeat the same ceremonies as last 

 year, when they, to their great astonishment, re- 

 cognized Kadu. Lamary remained only a short 

 time with us on board, because his people were 

 afraid that we might keep him. He was distin- 

 guished from the other islanders less by his dress 

 than his tall and robust person. His face indicated 

 much sense, but his right eye, smaller than the left, 

 gave him a sly look. Kadu afterwards told us that 

 Lamary was now about thirty years old, a native 

 of Arno, and came some years ago to Aur ; had 

 murdered its chief without any provocation, and 

 usurped the dominion ; thence he had gone to 

 Kawen, and continued to proceed farther to the 

 north with his partisans, to Udirick ; had every 

 where murdered the most distinguished chiefs, and 

 now ruled with unlimited sway over the whole 

 chain from Radack to Aur. It is remarkable that 

 the island of Sumatra was anciently known to the 

 Arabs under the name of Lamary ; from which one 

 might suppose that the population of the Carolinas, 

 as well as of these groups, had its origin in the 

 Philippine islands ; and the more so, as these na- 

 tions resemble each other very much. After I had 

 made Lamary a few presents on his short visit, he 

 took from his neck a curiously-worked fish-bone, 

 which is worn here for distinction, which he did me 

 the honour to present to me, and immediately left the 



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