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long time only by the fishery. They endanger 

 the islands themselves, against which they raise the 

 sea. Kadii, at Mogemug, witnessed a hurricane, 

 during which the sea washed away an island, which 

 was indeed uninhabited, but covered with cocoa- 

 palms and bread-fruit trees. 



Captain Wilson gives us a view of the nature of 

 the Pelew islands, and of their productions. Eap, 

 the other high land to the west of the Carolinas, 

 appears to us, though it is without high peaks, as 

 the seat of volcanic powers. Earthquakes are fre- 

 quent and violent, and even the slightly built habi- 

 tations of the natives are overthrown by them. 

 When the earth trembles at Ulea, the coral reefs of 

 Mogemug and Ulea are shaken, though with less 

 violence. Kadn has not heard that the same hap- 

 pens at Feis. According to his observation, the 

 nights are much cooler at Eap than at Ulea, 

 though the days are equally warm. Eap produces 

 whet-stones, which the low easterly islands obtain 

 from thence. They are a kinder gift of nature 

 than the silver, which Cantova, on the testimony 

 of the native, Cayal, ascribes to this island. Kadu 

 has explained to us this tradition. A wiiite stone 

 is found in the mountains of Eap, to which the 

 chiefs have an exclusive right j their seats of honour 

 are made of it. One block forms the seat, and 

 another the back. Kadu has seen this stone ; it is 

 neither silver nor metal. A yellow stone has the 

 same honour in Pelli (the Pelew islands). 



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