146 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



Albino. She was, in other rerpe(fts, of a very 

 lickly complexion, as mofl commonly happens 

 in fuch cafes, becaufe it proceeds from a ftate 

 of difeafe. 



On the 2d, in the morning, having furprifed 

 fome natives who were paddling away towards 

 the coaft of Tongataboo, with fome articles 

 which they had juft carried off from our fhip, 

 the commanding officer had them purfued by 

 our people, when one of them, who had caufed 

 himfelf to be announced as a chief, faid that 

 he would punifh them himfelf, and that he 

 would, the very next day, bring us the ar- 

 ticles which had been ftolen ; but it appeared 

 to us that he was in league with thefe thieves, 

 for he took very good care not to return on 

 board. 



When we v/ent on fhorc, OmaJai accompa- 

 nied us, and greatly admired the rudder of our 

 launch : he would fleer the boat himfelf; and 

 this he did with much judgment. Thefe peo- 

 ple make ufe only of paddles to fteer their ca- 

 noes. 



Cocoa-nut oil forms a part of the toilet 

 of the women, after it has been perfumed by 

 a fmall feed which thefe iflanders call langa 

 kali, and which they gather on the idand of 

 Tongataboo: on examining it, we faw that it 

 was mixed with pounded cocoa-nut fliells, 



which, 



