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cloths than on nails, and even hatchets, which 

 they called toguee^ much the fame as the inhabi- 

 tants of the Friendly Iflands; although, how- 

 ever, they did not fpeak the fame tongue, as the 

 reader may fatisfy himfelf by the vocabulary 

 of the language of thefe people, which is to 

 be found towards the end of this volume. Yet 

 we could not doubt that they were acquainted 

 with iron, which they defignated by the name 

 of pitiou ; but the very hard flones which 

 they employ, render the ufe of it much lefs 

 necelTary to them than to many other iflanders 

 oi the South Sea. 



We fhewed them fome cocoa-nuts and yams, 

 defiring them to bring us fome ; but fo far 

 from going to fetch us any, they wiflied to pur- 

 chafe ours, and offered us in exchange their 

 darts and clubs, letting us know that they were 

 very hungry, at the fame time putting their 

 hand on their belly, which was extremely lank. 

 They expreffed fome fear on feeing the hogs 

 that v/e had on board ; which made us prefume 

 that they did not polTefs this quadruped, al- 

 though Captain Cook left, with one of their 

 chiefs, a male and a female; but as focn as 

 they faw our poultry, they imitated the crow- 

 ing of the cock fufficiently well to leave us no 

 doubt of their having fome in their iftand. 



None of the women who were in thefe ca- 

 noes 



