lOG REMARKS AND OPINIONS. 



Witli respect to the other sex, Kadu maintained 

 a reserve worthy of praise. He remained at a dis- 

 tance from women wlio had other husbands ; he, in 

 fact, possessed great notions of propriety. What 

 he learnt on Owhyee disgusted him, and he spoke 

 freely of the want of good morals in the Pelew 

 islands. When drawn into the free conversation 

 of men, he always took part in such a manner as 

 to keep within the strict bounds of decorum. 



The most lively sense, and the greatest talent 

 for wit, are found among those people who are the 

 least remote from nature, where the mildness of 

 the climate affords to man an easy and pleasant 

 life. Kadu was particularly witty, but knew how 

 to observe due limits in harmless pleasantry, and 

 ingeniously contrived to conciliate by little ser- 

 vices and presents those whom his raillery had 

 offended. 



Our friend often repeated in the course of our 

 voyage, that he intended to remain with us to its 

 destination, and even should we discover his dear 

 Ulea, he would not quit us, I it accompany us to 

 Europe, from which we might promise him a 

 passage home to Ulea, as the purposes of com- 

 merce regularly lead our ships to the Pelew 

 islands, whither the boats of Ulea regularly trade. 

 We ourselves were still unacquainted with the 

 other way by Guahon, but he cherished the wish, 

 and this might have been fulfilled at Guahon, to 

 find an opportunity in one of the islands known to 

 him of sending an account to Eap of the fate and 

 the present residence of the chief of that island. 



