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VISIT MASSEED. 



and commenced sucking. No smoke coming out, 

 I took the cigar from the bowl, and told him he had 

 better put it into his mouth at once. I found, how- 

 ever, I was quite wrong, so re-fixing the cigar, he 

 recontinued sucking until he had filled the bamboo 

 full of smoke, then removing the bowl, and keeping 

 his hand loosely over the larger orifice, he sucked 

 back the smoke from the small hole, and having 

 taken a draught of smoke himself, and swallowed it, 

 he passed the bamboo to his neighbours, who fol- 

 lowed his example. 



This proceeding seemed to me not a little curious, 

 but we had then no time to stay to examine farther, 

 and taking an affectionate farewell of our native 

 friends we returned to the ship. 



March %<2. — We were to-day again anchored 

 near Oomaga, and Captain Blackwood, with Mr. 

 Sullivan and myself, went in the cutter to visit 

 Masseed, while a large canoe with seventeen people, 

 among whom were several women, came from that 

 island to the ship. 



We landed first of all on the south end of a little 

 island, called Cudal, where we met Garia, the old 

 fellow who had been on board the other day with 

 two boys his sons, and two women, and another 

 man. They received us very frankly : the women 

 also came up to us after a little persuasion. The 

 latter had their frizzled hair closely cropped all 

 over, except a ridge about half an inch high, run- 

 ning from one ear to the other, over the crown of 

 the head. 



