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name as Korokoa, and the name of the island as Wytoohee. He 
appeared about sixty years of age, and his teeth were all sound and 
good. 
His brother was the priest, to whom I also gave some presents. 
This man had a very remarkable head, the forehead being very high, 
and narrow almost to a deformity, with a dark and suspicious bright 
eye. His hands were deformed, being destitute of joints, and the 
lower part bent at right angles. The son of the chief was a 
remarkably fine-looking lad of fifteen. We saw no women, as they 
had all been hid. The colour of these natives was much darker 
than those seen before ; in some the hair was inclined to frizzle, and 
the beard curly. All the grown men that I saw had mustaches; 
their features were strongly marked with a good-humoured expression 
of countenance ; they wore the maro, and some had a few feathers in 
their hair. 
The boats of the Peacock succeeded in landing on the east side of 
the island, where the coral reef shelves at about an angle of 10°, and 
having the wind blowing obliquely on it, there is comparatively little 
surf : some half a dozen natives were here seen ; an officer approached 
them making signs of friendship, which they returned. Among the 
number were two old men, who came forward holding their arms 
NATIVES OF WVTOOIIKE. 
upright above their heads, with their hands open. At first they 
seemed quite timid, meeting the advances made in a manner which 
