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ing which time they behaved with much quietncft, 

 they returned to their village ; and after this we were 

 daily vilited by many of their canoes, bringing fruit, 

 a few fowls, &c. Several canoes came alongiide the 

 veflel with only the women in them ; they at firll ex- 

 prefled fome apprelienfion at coming on board ; but 

 their men far from fhewing any difapprobation, rather 

 encouraged them to come into the vefTel, and leveral 

 ventured up the lide. When in their canoes, the 

 women ufe a temporary drefs to fliield them from the 

 heat of the fun ; it is made of the leaves of the plan- 

 tain tree, of which they form a fort of conical cap, 

 and there is alio a broad-piece of the leaf faften- 

 cd round their body, over their breafts, and another 

 piece round their w-aift. I'his leaf readily fphts, 

 and has the appearance of a coarfe fringe. When 

 in their villages, the w'om.cn, like the men, wear 

 only a fmali piece of cloth round their mid- 

 dle. Among them we obferved fome of a very 

 pleafant countenance, with fine expreffive eyes. 

 Mr. BiiST, a military gentleman of the eftablifli- 

 ment, with v. hofe company 1 was favored on this trip, 

 went up to one of their villages, attended only by 

 the Malay interpreter and a Malay fervant. He was 

 received with great cordiality and civility, and flaid 

 two nights at their \ illage. Many of the people had 

 never before feen an Ruropean^ and with mucli curio- 

 fity examined his drefs, particularly his thoes. 



During a flay of about a month among them I col- 

 lected the following particulars, refpeCling their man- 

 ners and cultoms, the truth of which I was careful -to 

 have confirmed, by making my enquires of difierent 

 perlons, and by the means of difierent interpreters. 



The inhabitants of Voggy iflands are but few ; 

 they are divided into fmall tribes, each tribe occupy- 

 ing a fmall river, and living in one village. On the 

 northern Poggy are feven villages, of which Cockup 

 is the chief; on , the fouthern Foggy &yc five. The 

 wjiole number of people on the two ifiands amounts, 



by 



