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opinion, and he was just going to leave him, when one of 

 the natives undertook to undeceive him ; which he did in 

 such a manner as left no room to doubt that he was the 

 king, or principal man on the island. Accordingly he made 

 him a present, which consisted of a shirt, an axe, a piece 

 of red cloth, a looking-glass, some nails, medals, and beads. 

 He received these things, or rather suffered them to be 

 put upon him, and laid by him, without losing a bit of his 

 gravity, speaking one word, or turning his head either to the 

 right or left ; sitting the whole time lilt e a statue ; in which 

 situation he left him, to return on board, and he soon after 

 retired. The Captain had not been long on board, before 

 word was brought him that a quantity of provisions had 

 come from this chief. A boat was sent to bring it from 

 the shore ; and it consisted of about twenty baskets of 

 roasted bananas, four bread and yams, and a roasted pig 

 of about twenty pounds weight. The bearers said it was a 

 present from the king of the island. After this they were 

 no longer to doubt the dignity of this sullen chief. 



The Captain again went on shore and made this great 

 man a suitable return, and immediately prepared for 

 quitting the place. At ten o'clock they got under sail. The 

 supplies they got at this isle were about one hundred and 

 fifty pigs, twice that number of fowls, as many bananas 

 and cocoa-nuts as they could find room for, with a few 

 yams ; and had their stay been longer, they, no doubt, 

 might have got a great deal more. 



These islands were first discovered by Captain Tasman, 

 in January, 1642-3 ; and, by him, called Amsterdam and 

 Middleburg. But the former is called by the natives 

 Ton-ga-ta-bu, the latter Ea-oo-wee. 



The produce and cultivation of Middleburg and Amster- 

 dam are the same ; with this difference, that a part only 

 of the former, whereas the whole of the latter, is cultivated. 

 The lanes or roads necessary for travelling, are laid out in 

 so judicious a manner, as to open a free and easy com- 

 munication from one part of the island to the other. Here 

 are no towns or villages ; most of the houses are built in 

 the plantations, with no other order than what convenience 

 requires. They have little areas before the most of them, 

 which are generally planted round with trees, or shrubs of 

 ornament, whose fragrancy perfumes the very air in which 

 they breathe. Their household furniture consists of a few 

 wooden platters, cocoa-nut shells, and some wooden pillows, 

 shaped like four-footed stools or forms. Their common 

 clothing, with the addition of a mat, serves them for 

 bedding. 



They saw no other domestic animals amongst them but 



