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I hoped to instruct them m rearing and attending 

 the plants which were now to be put into the ground* 

 Our orange-trees, which we had brought in pots, 

 were in the best condition ; the vines, as well as 

 the potatoes, taro and yam-roots, had already young 

 leaves. M. Von Chamisso, in his observations on 

 Radack, will give a list of the plants. The hogs 

 which we had left here had perished j they had 

 probably died of thirst. 



The 1st of November. As our time would not 

 permit us to make a long stay here, the roots and 

 plants were brought on shore to-day, the old garden 

 was put in order again, and M. Von Chamisso took 

 the trouble of planting almost every thing with 

 his own hands. The islanders were obliged to be 

 all assembled, to receive here their first instruc- 

 tions, and Kadu was now, as interpreter, an im- 

 portant personage. But he scarcely gave himself 

 time to perform his duty faithfully. He always 

 thought of his adventures, which he was obliged 

 to relate, thus drawing off their attention from 

 the garden to himself, so that I was at length 

 forced to order the orator to be silent. To make 

 the Rad ackers acquainted with the taste of the 

 different roots, I had brought with me some 

 of every species boiled; they found them all 

 very agreeable, particularly the potatoe, of which 

 every one wished to have some. I distributed 

 a large quantity of them, which they gratefully 

 received, and I was delighted at the thought 



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