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in many respects. He was not regularly tattooed 

 like the Radackers, but wore indistinct figures of 

 fish and birds, singly and in rows, round the knee, 

 on the arms and on the shoulders. He was of a' 

 more compact make, and of a lighter colour, and 

 had more curly hair than they. He addressed us 

 in a language that was quite different from that of 

 Radack, and sounded entirely foreign to us, and we 

 were equally unsuccessful in making him under- 

 stand the language of the Sandwich islands. He 

 made us comprehend that he intended to remain in 

 our ship, and to accompany us in all our future 

 voyages. His request was readily complied with. 

 From that hour he remained on board our ship, and 

 only once, at Aur, went on shore, witli permission, 

 and remained with us, a faithful companion, 

 treated like the officers, beloved by every one, till 

 our return to Radack, when, suddenly changing 

 his intention, he resolved to settle there, to be- 

 come an inhabitant, and to be a distributor of our 

 gifts to our poor friends. Nobody could be more 

 thoroughly sensible of the humane object of oiu" 

 mission than he was. 



Kadu, a native of the island-group of Ulea, to 

 the south of Guahon, not of noble birth, but a con- 

 fidant of his king, Toua, who employed him to cai'ry 

 his commissions to the other islands, had on former 

 voyages become acquainted with the chain of is- 

 lands with which Ulea trades, from the Pelew is- 

 lands in the west to Setoan in the cast. He was on 



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