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VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



fmall flones of different colours, difpofed in 

 the form of an oblong fquare. It was doubt- 

 lefs out of refpecH: for the dead, that none of 

 the inhabitants who followed us would venture 

 to pull thcfe fliaddocks, although we offered 

 to purchafe them ; they told us that thefe were 

 not to be fold. 



In a fliort time we returned to the houfe of 

 ^'oobou, to whom we denounced the man who 

 ftole the nippers. Fie promifed to fend them 

 to us the next day, and he kept his word. This 

 chief invited us to pafs the night at his dwell- 

 ing ; but we did not accept the invitation, 

 left our abfence might cccafion uneafinefs on 

 board. 



Thefe people are in the habit of caftrating 

 iheir hogs, in order to render the fiefh more 

 delicate. We faw this (jpcration performed on 

 a very young pig, which one of the iflanders 

 laid upon its back afrer having tied its feet, 

 while another opened the fcrotum with the 

 edge of a piece of bamboo, and took out the 

 tefticles, the adherent parts of which he fe-. 

 parated with all the fkill of an anaromiff. 



Tochoii ordered to be fet before us, fowls 

 broiled on the coals, yams, plantains, and 

 bread-fruit roafled in the aihes ; and regaled 

 uh with cocoa-nut juice. 



Three of the dauiihters of this chief came 



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