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and they all left us. In a few hours M. Chamisso 

 and Kadu returned on board, accompanied by seve- 

 ral canoes filled with cocoa-nuts. They had not 

 been able to land, as it was impossible to penetrate 

 into the basin of the group, on account of the 

 small opening and the contrary wind ; and on the 

 outer side they were unable to pass on account of 

 the violence of the breakers through which Kadu 

 and the other savages swam, while M. Chamisso 

 waited his return in the boat. I now again re- 

 presented to Kadu, that it was the last moment 

 that he had to reflect. I told him that we should 

 never return to Radack ; that he could have no 

 hopes of every going to Ulle ; and that he had to 

 expect a long and fatiguing voyage. He threw both 

 his arms round me, vowed to remain with me till 

 death, and nothing remained for me except to keep 

 him, and with a firm determination to provide for 

 him as a father. He distributed in haste all his 

 treasures, and we left Udirick. 



The 14th of March. After we had endeavoured 

 the whole night to gain the wind to the east, we 

 found by a good meridian observation, which gave 

 for the latitude 11° 50' 57'', and for the longitude, 

 according to the chronometers, 196° 26' 3i2", that 

 we had been carried, since yesterday, twenty-six 

 miles by the current, direct to the west. We 

 had not advanced at all to the east, but rather 

 lost ground. This violent current I had ob- 

 served last year ; it seems peculiar to this place, 



