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Islanders resident among them. The liquor they 

 produced was but little better than vinegar. 

 Nevertheless, several of the natives had indulged 

 in it to the extent of intoxication, and had 

 proved riotous and quarrelsome. We observed 

 with regret this growing desire for ardent spirits, 

 since, should it become as great here as at the 

 Society Islands, the disunited form of the govern- 

 ment will tend to perpetuate the vice, and foster 

 its most destructive effects. 



Of the pair of Moscovy-ducks we had left on 

 this island, the drake only remained, his mate 

 having been stolen and eaten by the natives, who 

 had previously taken the same liberty with her 

 eggs. Captain Stavers kindly repaired this loss 

 to the missionaries by presenting them with 

 another duck of the same breed; and at the 

 same time gave some admonitory hints to Eutiti 

 on the propriety of encouraging the propagation 

 of the bird, as a mean of increasing his commerce 

 with shipping the only topic on which his sen- 

 sibility could be excited. 



After remaining five days in Resolution Bay 

 we continued our cruise to the westward and S. 

 of W. until the llth of March, when we made 

 the Society Islands, and hove to off the harbour 

 of Fare, Huahine. 



Upon landing at the settlement we were re- 



