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of this good-hearted man moved me very much, 

 but I was still more deeply affected with the uni- 

 versal lamentations of the savages at our depar- 

 ture. Lagediack kept close to me, and frequently 

 asked me whether we would really return. Men, 

 women, and children accompanied us to the boat ; 

 Kadu went on before with a drawn sword ; and the 

 torches, with which they lighted the way, gave the 

 whole procession a very solemn appearance. After 

 we had put off they all sat on the shore, and joined 

 in a song, in which oUr names were frequently re- 

 peated. 



The 4th of November. The anchors were 

 weighed at day-break, and we left the group of 

 Otdia with the consciousness of having done good 

 there. We saw through our telescopes Kadu sit- 

 ting before Rarick's house, with several others 

 looking after us. I recognised him by the white 

 shirt ; he waved a white handkerchief as long as I 

 could see him through the telescope. 



The wind was so faint that it was not till nine 

 o'clock that we reached Schischmareff Strait ; we 

 then went, after having passed Eregup and Otdia, 

 to N.W. by W. 1 W., to discover the group of 

 Ligiep, which, according to the account of the 

 Radackers, must lie in this neighbourhood. The 

 wind was so faint during the whole day that we 

 could still see Otdia at sun-set : we had rain and 

 squalls of wind during the night. 



The 5th of November. In the morning, at seven 



