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pion, the sting of which, said to be mortal, is cured 

 by the juice of herbs; and a small species of Z/tfWJ- 

 pyris, whicli is only met with in some districts. 

 The flea was entirely unknown to Kadu till he 

 came to us. 



Iron of wrecked ships, which are thrown on 

 shore at Ulea, Eap, and other islands, is more 

 abundant than at Radack. None is said to be 

 found to the south-west of Pelli. Drift wood is 

 every where neglected. 



Cantova mentions a mixture of different races of 

 men in the Carolinas, respecting which our accounts 

 are silent. It is possible that some Papuas of the 

 southern countries may, by accident, have reached 

 these islands, and some Europeans, Martin Lopez 

 and his companions, or others, in different ways, as 

 has since frequently been the case. But the race 

 of the natives, is that which has spread over all the 

 islands of the Great Ocean. Their hair seems to 

 be more curly than that of the inhabitants of Ra- 

 dack. They let it grow long, and place a particu- 

 lar value on this natural ornament. It is only at 

 Eap that that of the children is cut. 



According to Kadu's observations, the inhabit- 

 ants of the territory Summagi, in Eap, are of re- 

 markably short stature. Deformities and natural 

 defects are uncommonly frequent in that island. 

 He once mentioned, as an example, a man without 

 arms, whose head was uncommonly large ; another 

 without hands ; another without thumbs ; a person 



