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plentiful supply of cocoa nuts, and they promised to 

 bring some other supplies off in the mornino^. At 

 sunset the natives all went quietly away, and we 

 returned on board, passing on our way some small 

 rocky islands which appeared to be used as burial 

 places, and emitted an intolerable stench; the bodies 

 were placed in rude wooden boxes, open at the 

 top and quite exposed to the air, from one small 

 rock not laroe enouo^h to hold a body, there was 

 a long bamboo erected, from which a human 

 hand, blackened by exposure to the sun, was sus- 

 pended. 



On the 22nd, soon after daylight, the natives 

 came off, brinfring- with them Indian corn and cocoa 

 nuts, in such quantities that they sold the latter for 

 a couple of pins each. They also brought yams, 

 bananas, fowls, chilies, &c, but they did not seem 

 inclined to part with them for any thing we could 

 offer, except gunpowder, which I would not allow to 

 be ofiven as barter. 



At nine, finding we could get no more informa- 

 tion from them, we weighed ; the natives all left us 

 very quietly as soon as the capstan was manned, and 

 by signs appeared to wish us to revisit them. During 

 the whole time they were on board, they behaved 

 perfectly well, and did not make any attempt at 

 stealing, though they must have seen many things 

 most valuable to them, which they might easily 

 have taken. 



From what we saw of Oliliet, it does not appear 



