S^IO FROM THE ST. LAWRENCE ISLANDS 



obliged to give their last iron, and all the things 

 received from us. I asked why they had not op- 

 posed the unjust command; but they replied, " Then 

 Lamary would immediately have killed us all." The 

 king had remained here two months, to prepare 

 Mogan for the army which was to attack Mediuro. 

 When he sailed away, he provided himself with 

 bread-fruit and cocoa-nuts, of which he left only 

 just enough for the inhabitants barely to support 

 themselves, Rarick, Langin, Labugar, and several 

 of our acquaintance, had gone with him, and no- 

 body remained on the island except women, chil- 

 dren, and some old men, the number of whom was 

 certainly not more than fifteen. The army was as- 

 sembled, but it had not yet come to battle, as 

 Lamary wished to w^ait for the attack of the 

 enemy J but he intended, if they did not soon 

 come, to attack them himself. 



I inquired after our garden, and learnt that the 

 rats had destroyed every thing, except a few roots, 

 which had succeeded very well, till the great rat, 

 as he called Lamary, had come, and, notwithstand- 

 ing all their intreaties, had carried off every thing. 

 Though I could not but regret the destruction of our 

 garden, I still hoped that our seeds on the other 

 islands had succeeded better, and showed them the 

 different animals and plants, which I had designed 

 for them. They were all much pleased, and, par- 

 ticularly, Lagediack, who could not refrain from re- 

 peatedly embracing me. With Kadu's assistance. 



