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our prefent>. One of the paddlcrs had juft re- 

 ceived a fmall piece of red ferge, and he was fo 

 tenacious of his bargain that he would not part 

 with it to one of the chiefs, till the latter had 

 compelled him to do fo by giving him a found 

 drubbing. 



At the fame moment, in another canoe, one of 

 thefe iffanders was treated by a chief in a manner 

 equally harfh, becaufe the poor fellow, being in- 

 tent in gazing at our fhips, neglected to bale out 

 the water which the canoe was fhipping. 



The favages who jumped overboard to come 

 and exchange their goods for ours, formed a com- 

 petition which, ere long, excited the jealoufy of 

 thole whofe canoes were near the fhip : the latter 

 took the greateft care to prefervc their place; they 

 tried to keep off the fwimmcrs, and did not permit 

 them to reft themfclves on their canoes : the 

 former being obliged to i\vim continually to bring 

 us their articles of exchange, gave a great appear- 

 ance of buftle to this lingular place of traffic. 



Thefe natives, like thofc we had fecn two days 

 before, valued our nails much more than our 

 knives. 



held in their hands calcbafhes of dif- 

 ferent fhapes, filled with lime, reduced to a very 

 fine powder; others prefcrved their lime in joints 

 pf bamboo : one of them, who had a fpoon in the 

 form of a fpatula, filled it with lime, and holding 



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