152 THE GBUISE OF TEE ' GUBAGOA: 



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

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

 I observed several persons tolerably robust and strong, but 

 not one of them so well made as the natives of Mue, 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. 



