192 FRIENDLINESS OP NATIVES. 



my shooting coat pockets were generally burthened. 

 In return they got me several shells from the reef, 

 but begged all my cigars as payment for them. 

 When I got up to go away, just before sunset, and 

 asked them to shew me the path leading across the 

 island, they all pressed round me and begged me 

 to stay, apparently by all the inducements they 

 could think of. They said, " lola shippo," " lola 

 shippo," (" no ship, no ship") ; and pointing to the 

 huts, laid their heads on their hands, as if I should 

 sleep there, offered me cocoa-nuts and plantains, 

 and at last pointed to a tall young woman, named 

 " Keewai," of whom I had taken some notice, as if 

 to say she should be my companion if I would re- 

 main with them. I laughed them off, however, and 

 pointing to the sun setting, said, "shippo, shippo," 

 and moved on, not without some apprehension that 

 all this seeming good will, might be the prelude to 

 some act of violence, in order to obtain possession 

 of the treasures I had exhibited. Nothing of the 

 kind seemed intended, however, for in seeing me 

 determined to go they yielded at once, and sent a 

 young man with me to put me on my right track, 

 through the thicket at the back of the huts, on to 

 the path in the grassy valley. 



Just before reaching Beeka, I met Duppa and 

 his party, returning home, apparently highly de- 

 lighted with their visit on board the ship. All the 

 girls were ornamented with bead necklaces and 

 other presents, and were now quite friendly and 



