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Said to exceed all the others in extent, as well as 

 population. There is a tradition that a long time 

 ago a ship was at Odja, and left them much iron. 



I passed a very restless night. As I was not able 

 to cover myself on account of the heat, the rats 

 and lizards played their gambols on my body. , 



The 2d of November. The old chief of the 

 island of Ormed visited us to-day, rejoiced like a 

 child at seeing us again, and made me the bitterest 

 reproaches that I had not anchored at his island, 

 as he was now chief of the whole group ; the good 

 old man, as generous as ever, notwithstanding the 

 scarcity caused by Lamary, brought me cocoa-nuts 

 and bread-fruit. Kadu had formerly resided a long 

 time at Ormed, and was paternally treated by the 

 chief, and both now showed a really affecting joy 

 at meeting again. He accompanied, with Chamisso* 

 his foster-father, to Ormed, where they intended to 

 plant different things, and would not return till 

 to-morrow. In the- afternoon I nailed on a cocoa- 

 tree, opposite toLagediack's house, a copper-plate, 

 on which the date of the year, and the name of the 

 ship were inscribed. Lagediack was much de- 

 lighted at this memento, which he promised faith- 

 fully to preserve, but could not conceive how I 

 could sail away with the Rurick when its name 

 was nailed up to a tree. 



On the 3d of November, in the morning, M. 

 Chamisso returned with Kadu, and I was disagree- 

 ably surprised with the news that the latter intended 



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