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island of Otdia, the yams, wlncli alone had escaped 

 the hostile rats. The old chief, Laergasz, had dis- 

 covered some viuns planted by us on an island 

 under his dominion. He found this root well- 

 tasted, and, after he had eaten it, carefully replanted 

 the lea\'es. This process, which is observed in the 

 cultiv^ation of the taro, had deceived his expect- 

 ations. 



The proper object of our second visit was to be 

 beneficial to our friends. We brought them goats, 

 hogs, dogs, cats, tame fowls, potatoes from the 

 Sandwich islands (^Ipomoea tuherosay Lour. Coch.), 

 the melon, the water-melon, gourds of different 

 kinds, those of which the fruit is used for valuable 

 vessels, and others of which the fruit is eaten ; the 

 sugar-cane, the grape, the pine-apple, the apple- 

 tree of the Sandwich islands (not an Engema)y 

 the tea-root (^Dracaena termmalis), the lemon-tree, 

 and the seeds of several useful plants on the Sand- 

 wich islands ; the Aleurites triloba, the nuts of 

 which are used as tapers, and produce oil and stuff 

 for dying ; two of the shrubs, the bast of wliich 

 serves to manufacture stuffs, &c. 



We have carefully sowed the seeds which our 

 friend Kadu has undertaken to attend to. 



May Kadu proceed in his fine vocation with 

 wisdom and energy ! May he succeed in effecting 

 what, without him, could not be hoped ! May his 

 good heart produce the good which he wishes ! 



