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to Stay here. It was but yesterday that he pro- 

 mised never to leave me, and this sudden alteration 

 of his resolution was quite an enigma, which Cha- 

 misso soon solved. Kadu had learnt on shore that 

 his little child in Aur lamented very much after him, 

 ran about in the woods all day to seek him, and 

 could not sleep in the night. This news had softened 

 his paternal heart, and brought him to the deter- 

 mination of remaining here. He seemed still to 

 struggle with himself, when he related it to me 

 with much emotion ; but when I, though with a 

 heavy heart, as I really loved him, approved his 

 plan, he resolved to execute it, and promised to 

 rear our plantations with affection, and to call the 

 different plants by our names. Future navigators 

 will therefore find, instead of yams, taro, and pota- 

 toes, timaros, tamissos, and totabus. Every one on 

 board the ship would know from his own moutli 

 whether he really intended to leave us ; and he told 

 to each, individually, how his child called Kadu in 

 the woods, and could not sleep in the night. The 

 separation was very painful to me, and I could 

 only console myself with the idea that he might 

 be useful here, and would not perhaps long sur- 

 vive in our cold climate. As he intended to 

 leave the ship to-day, because we sailed to- 

 morrow, we all collected presents for him. He 

 looked at his treasures with mute astonishment, 

 and was only afraid that the Radackers could not 

 resist the temptation of robbing him. I did not 



