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this crime will also be punished with death." At 

 the conclusion, I promised large rewards to such as 

 should, on the arrival of the ship from Russia, come 

 on board with their new-cultivated fruits. Kadu 

 delivered his speech with much dignity ; the 

 islanders promised faithfully to fulfil our wdsh, and, 

 to make them acquainted with my great power, 

 I had given orders on board, to fire, on a signal 

 being given, two guns, and to throw up a rocket. 

 It was now quite dark ; I told the islanders to look 

 at the ship in order to see the fire wdth which we 

 would punish their disobedience. The signal was 

 given, the cannons thundered, and the poor 

 savages were petrefied with terror ; but the rocket 

 caused still more alarm, which, hissing through the 

 air, illuminated the w^hole island. Lagediack 

 threw both his arms round me, and begged me 

 to put an end to the terrific scene; but Kadu 

 was much pleased at the impression the fire 

 had made, for he now thought himself secure 

 against any attacks. Some presents which I dis- 

 tributed restored tranquillity. We gave Kadu 

 two copper medals with the portrait of the em- 

 peror ; the one he was to wear himself, and pre- 

 sent the other to Lamary in my name. He re- 

 solved to bury some of his treasures, and go with 

 the rest to Ormed to his old benefactor. On taking 

 leave, Kadu seemed to be fully sensible how hard 

 it was to part from us, for he cried like a child, 

 and implored me to come again. The attachment 



