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But a few parts of the group still required some further examina- 

 tion, viz. : Natava Bay, lying to the eastward, together with Rambe 

 Island and the adjacent reefs, and the sea-reef extending from Kie 

 Island towards Round Island. I was desirous, also, of looking after 

 our shipwrecked countrymen on Turtle Island. I therefore gave 

 the Porpoise and tender orders to execute these remaining duties, for 

 which see Appendix XV. 



We beat out of the passage of Mali, and discharged all the interpre- 

 ters and pilots we had employed. They were paid off, and put on 

 board their schooner the Kai-viti. It gives me pleasure to bear testi- 

 mony to their respectability and good conduct during our stay. 



The services of these men were of great value to the Expedition. 

 To their acquaintance with the natives, I feel myself indebted for 

 much of the information I have been able to give of this extraordinary 

 people. 



On taking our final departure from these islands, all of us felt 

 great pleasure; Vendovi alone manifested his feeling by shedding 

 tears at the last view of his native land. 



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