INTERIOR OF A HUT. 



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went on more smoothly than otherwise might have 

 been the case. A large supply of cocoa-nuts and 

 a few vegetables having been obtained for axes, 

 knives, calico, and red cloth, we returned to the ship. 



Dec. l<ith. — Three boats were sent to Kiriam to 

 procure more cocoa-nuts. There being no prohibi- 

 tion of landing, I remained on shore during the 

 bartering-, sitting in a shady place among a group of 

 women and children, and employed in procuring- 

 materials for a vocabulary. Most of them remem- 

 bered me of old, and in consequence fancied they 

 had a claim upon my tobacco, the stock of which 

 was quickly exhausted. 



The huts of Darnley Island — together with the 

 inhabitants — have been so fully described in the 

 voyage of the Fly, that it is unnecessary for me to 



