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he wore for a long time among us. One day, 

 smiling, with a tear in his eyes, lie entrusted us 

 with the secret of this necklace : he fought at 

 Tabual (an island in the group Aur of the lladack 

 chain) in the ranks of his friends against the ene- 

 my, who came from Meduro and Arno ; there he 

 gained the advantage over his opponent, and was 

 about to pierce him as he lay at his feet, when his 

 daughter rushed forward and seized his arm ; she 

 obtained of him her father's life. This girl pro- 

 mised him her love j Kadu privately brought her 

 considerable presents to her island j and he wore, 

 for her sake, this pledge of love which she had 

 given him on the field of battle. 



We must particularly mention two traits in 

 Kadu's character, his utter aversion to war, murder, 

 and his delicate modesty, which did him honour, 

 and which he never violated while among us. 



Kadu abhorred bloodshed, though he was no 

 coward. He had on his breast scars of the wounds 

 which he had received in the war in defence of 

 Radack ; and as we were preparing our arms for 

 landing on the island of St. Lawrence, and he 

 was informed that this was not out of an hostile 

 intention, but for self-defence, in case of danger 

 among a people with whose sentiments we were 

 not acquainted, and with whom we merely wished 

 to deal to our mutual advantage, he demanded a 

 sword, with which he might defend us if attacked, 

 as he had not sufficiently practised firing with the 

 musket while at Oonalashka. 



