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on board, who addrcfTcd them in the Malay 

 Jangiinge. 



Thefc ravages had bronfht a fort of pudding, 

 in which vvc difco- : <' ..mj and the flefli of 

 lobflers well mi >.(.'. They offered us feme, 

 and all thof^- oi us w ho eat any, found it very 

 well taf '. 



A h< .nan cubitus, fl;iapcd like a fcoop at one 

 end, ferved mofb of thefe iflanders to take up, 

 from the bottom of a calabafl], the lime which 

 they mixed with their betel. 



I'hcy fold us a hatchet of the forin of that 

 M'hich is reprefented in Plaie XI L Fig. 9. It 

 was made of a bit of ferpcnt-flone, pretty well 

 polifhed, and fixed in a helve of a fin^Tlc piece 

 of wood ; it is remarkable that the edge of the 

 ftone was in the longitudinal dircd'tion cf il;e 

 handle, like our hatchets. 



Thefe people are very fond c-f perfumes, 

 Moft of the articles which we gave them, were 

 fccr.ted. They had different fores of bark 

 of trees, which were very aromatic ; one of 

 thefe a|)pcared to me to belong to the fpecis.5 

 of laurel, known by the name of laurus culii::- 

 baUy which is very widely diffufed through the 

 Moluccas. In tlie mean time it flill cor.riijucd 

 calm, and at one o'clock in the afternoon th;:: 

 Admiral fent the barge to help to tow the 

 Kfperance, w hofe people muft have beei; very 



M 3 much 



