OF LA PEROUSE. I53 



We foon after entered the fields, where we 

 faw each individual's ground divided into fmall 

 plots, furroundcd by palifadcs, and in a high 

 ilate of cultivation. Indian kale, arum cscuien- 

 tum, grew here with vigour, among a variety of 

 other vegetables, which I have already no- 

 ticed, and which likewifc are ufcd as food by 

 thefe iflanders. 



The fuear-canes which we found here, v.ere 

 planted at a great di fiance from each other, 

 under the fhade of the inocarpus edulis^ the 

 fruit of which the inhabitants eat broiled j its 

 flavour is very much like that of chefnuts. We 

 faw alfo, in the fame plots, fcveral trees of 

 liiorinda citrifjUa, loaded with ripe fruit, which 

 is in great rcqueft among the natives : they 

 brought us large quantities of ^ it for fom.e 

 days after our arrival ; but its infipid tafte 

 made us refufe it in the fequel. 



Having proceeded towards the eaH:, we 

 flopped to examine two fmail hurs, erev::l:ed in 

 anenclofure of no great extent, and fliadcd by 

 forne fine fl'.adJock-trecs loaded with fruit, and 

 fcveral bcautilul cafnarina trees. The iflanders 

 told us, that here were dej^oritcd the remains of 

 tv.o chiefs of the family oi -loobou. W e lifted 

 the ri~:;it v. I'.ich formed tlie principal cnrrancc : 

 the jurface of tlie grouiid was covered with 

 \i.ndy and towards the middle ^\ e perceived 



fmall 



