152 TEE GBUISE OF THE ' CURAQOA.' 



little finger amputated on one hand, and sometimes on both ; 

 I also saw a man with his little finger ofi'. In the crowd 

 I observed several persons tolerably robust and strong, but 

 not one of them so well made as the natives of Nine, or of 

 the Samoan or Tongan groups. Towards nightfall, just as T 

 was going on board, I saw some small birds and a pretty 

 green parroquet, but, unluckily, the dusk did not allow me 

 to kill more than a couple of them. 



