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VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



US. They foon came alongfide our jfliip. 

 of them were loaded with various forts oi' ^ ^^ 

 among which I remarked fome brcad-fru 



near fo large nor fo good as that we had 

 at the Friendly I Hands ; it was not, howeve: ' 

 the wild fpecies, for it contained but a vt^ 

 fmall number of feeds. 



We were not a little furprifed that thefe 

 iOanders fet no great value on the iron which 

 we offered them ; yet we could not doubt that 

 they knew the ufc of it, for one of them liad 

 in his polTeflion the end of a joiner's chifel 

 mounted in a wooden handle in the fame 

 manner as their Rone hatchets ; but when we 

 had fhewn them fome bits of red cloth, the 

 cries of admiration that they uttered, pronoun- 

 cing To/ilce! Ton'ee ! gave us hopes that we fliould 

 turn thofe articles to better account with them 

 than our hardware. In facl, they confented to 

 fcl! us part of rheir weapons; but, doubtleisfear- 

 inp; that we fliould turn themagainfl themfelves, 

 they tor;k tlie precaution not to part with their 

 bov.s, and even to take the barbs oft al! the 

 arrows that they difpcyfcd of to us. 



Several of them loon gave us proofs of their 

 dirnonefly. In order to have for nothing our 

 articles of traffic, they at firfl olfercd a pretty 

 good price for them, and required that they 

 liiould be delivered bciorchand ; they then kept 



them. 



