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Tlie construction of the boats at Eap and Ngoli, 

 differs but Jittle from that ofUlea, But the natives 

 of Eap are very fond of using the boats of Ulea, 

 which they procure in the way of trade. PelH has 

 a construction of its own ; and the low islands, to 

 the S.E. of Pelli, have, again, another. Pelli, and 

 these islands, are inferior in the art of navigation ; 

 and their boats do not visit the eastern islands. 



The natives of Ulea, and of the islands in its 

 vicinity, are the most skilful navigators J and Can- 

 tova also considers \hem as being more civilized 

 than the others. * The main-spring of navigation 

 is trade. The principal articles of trade are iron, 

 boats, stuff^s, and Curcuma powder. We have 

 spoken, in another place, of the trade with Guahon, 

 where the people of Ulea principally sell boats for 

 iron. Those of Feis, Eap, and Mogemug go to 

 Ulea to purchase boats, in exchange for Curcuma 

 powder. Those of the eastern islands, which have 

 bread-fruit trees in abundance, build all their boats 

 tliemselves ; and those of Nugor and Tuch barter 

 stuffs at Ulea for iron. Those of Ulea go to Tuch 

 and Nugor j and tliose of Savonnemusoch are 

 visited in these voyages, but do not visit any other 

 islands. In Pelli, the iron which the Europeans 

 bring there is exchanged for Curcuma. On tlie 

 south-western groups of islands they exchange stuffs 



* Les habitants tie I'isle d'Ulea ct dcs isles voisines in'onj 

 parvi plus civilises et plus raisonnables que les autres. 



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