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The next day we returned uith a large party 

 tovrarus thcfe f.ivaocs, 



Vnr ioine t-\\\c 'ac Kc;^r aloni^ the oarr beyond 

 Pert D'r'p.trcealleaiix, when a lire whicii we 

 pereciwvl in the vicinity of the lea determined 

 us to htnd. 



PrtTendy :. few natives came to m.eet us, ex- 

 prening by their iliouts the pleafure that they 

 fcl: at feeinp; us a;i;ain. 



Our fiddler had brruvxht his violin, thinking 

 by noify tunes to ex'.Me in trieni ihe fame en- 

 thuiiafm that we had rt-iiiaikcd ainoncr the 

 iliandcrs of Bouka; but his vanity wa< com- 

 pletely mortified at their indifference. Savages 

 arc in general little affected by the founds of 

 fli-inged inilrumcnts. 



On our advancing up the heights that flvirt 

 the fea, we foon found alTembled part of the 

 natives who had received us (o v,ell the day be- 

 fore, A lively joy was depicted in all their 

 countenances when they fav/ us approach ; they 

 were, to the number of nineteen, Icated round 

 three fuKiU iires, making their meal on niufcles 

 as fall as they were dreifed on tlve e:r.bers. 

 Some women vvent, from time to time, r > de- 

 tach thefe ihell-fiib from the neighbournig 

 rocks, and did not come back till ri^cy had 

 lillcvi tlicir baikets with them. \\'ea:!ofaw, 

 broiling on the fame fires, the fpecies of Ica- 

 D 4. weed 



