CONTEXTS. V 



douii, (hiriji.f>; the ?in:,l!t, In/ a iiat'rcL^ zcho 

 ^tads h's niuKkcL- '-J/^c ofjcuiler h iklivered up 

 to Jdvurai D' Eiifi\:caslcaiLv hi) King Toohou^ 

 'iclio relurns Itiai llic waslict that had been- 

 i'lu/oi. -' 'QuLLiiTi/u'li coi/if.s on board. Tooh'}'/, 

 gh'csan OctcrtainDicnt to the Admiral. Qt.jcn 

 "J'inch also g'/vcs hi?u one. 7 he smith of tlie 

 Recherche falls under the bloics givc/i hi/n 

 tcith clubs hij the natives, bij icliom he is 

 stripped in the open day, in sight of our ships. 

 JVe take on hoard some young plants cf the 

 bread-fruit tree, in- order loe..ich our co- 

 lonies a'ilh this Vuluahle \:c<];etahlc. Pao-e 8() 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Departure from Tongalahoo. JJ^e irahe the. 

 south part of the ^J rchipelago Dc) ].l.spiritii 

 Scinto, or j\ Cic Hebrides. Dis-'o-ccryofl'l^l^^ 

 dc Bfanpro, or Beaupi "s Island. Jt'e anchor 

 at A'ric Caledonia. Inicr-ciczcs uifh the na- 

 tives. Description q/' their iirtr. lliesc sa- 

 vages are cannibals. 7 heir in'pudcnce toirards 

 us.^'riicy eat large pieces nf steatites i;i order 

 to appease their hu/iger.- j'neir attempts to 

 get possessio)i of our boats. Furious ercur- 

 sious into the interior oj' the island. - -Death 

 ofCaptairi Iluon. Ke/cv species rp'spidcr eaten 

 by the savages of Xcx Calcdo^iiu. Pag-e 1 84 



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