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fefted a great deal of joy on receiving the nails 

 which we offered them. We could not learn 

 whether thefe people arc in the habit of 

 making exchanges ; but it is very certain that 

 it was impoffible for us to obtain any thing 

 from them in this way, although they had 

 darts, bludgeons, bows and arrows : yet they 

 were very eager to receive every thing that wc 

 gave them ; they made us very obliging offer?, 

 if we would land on their fhores, and, indulging 

 in their natural gaiety, they repeated feveral 

 times the Malay term/Gi^/oo (the bofom), accom- 

 panying their difcourfe with very expreHive gef- 

 tures, which diverted our failors prodigio.ufly. 



At fun-fet thefe favages returned to the coad, 

 and lighted three large fires. 



During the night the currents carried us into 

 a large channel along this eaflern ifland of the 

 Arfacides^ formerly called the Ifland of St, 

 Chriflopher, and which makes part of Solo- 

 mon's Archipelago, difcovered by Mendana. 

 It now bore north of us, and foon after we faw 

 the ijle dcs ContrarieteSy which about the 

 middle of the day wc fet, bearing from eaft 14* 

 north to eafl 30'= north, diflant a myriamiCter ; 

 we had jufl obferved in latitude 9 53' fouth, 

 our longitude being 159" 8' cad. l>xis fmall 

 ifland is fomewhat mountainous, and very 

 woody. 



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