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Leaving them, we went to their camp to try our persuasions on 

 some of the others to accompany us to Viper. We found a number 

 of females and children, all of whom appeared very glad at seeing 

 11 Myo-jolah." They were engaged as usual, in smoking short clay 

 pipes, and eating, having taken some fish, prawns, and crabs. On 

 being told that I wanted fish, they brought out all they had, and let 

 me hdjjjjiSps'elf. After a long talk, the females consented to go to 

 Viper, for as Mr. Ho mfr ay had judiciously remarked, the boys 

 would soon follow. It was finally arranged that they should go in 

 our boat, and we were to take a canoe in tow, containing some more 

 of the aborigines. Scarcely had we started before one of them 

 seized my umbrella, and it was explained to me that she did not like 

 the sun's rays, and proposed that " I should hold my umbrella over 

 her head." 



When we arrived at Viper, we found thirty more people had 

 preceded us, and by evening we mustered nearly seventy. It was, 

 however, too late to go out, so we passed the afternoon in feeding 

 them, letting them fly a kite, with which they were highly delight- 

 ed, in ascertaining the Andamanese names of fish, and information 

 respecting the best fishing grounds. 



The next morning eating commenced about 5 A, m., and by 6*30 

 we had 43 of them in the boats, and left for Phoenix bay and 

 South point. Before starting, however, they ridiculed the idea of 

 our getting fish, as it was not low tides whilst there was a strong 

 wind and rough water. Still as my stay was limited, we persevered, 

 and on arriving at Phoenix bay, had to commence proceedings by 

 lighting large fires and distributing rice, plantains, poppaws, sugar- 

 cane and tobacco, whilst they caught crabs, which they cooked 

 on the embers. In fishing we did so badly that at their sug- 

 gestion we crossed the point to South bay. As we went near 

 the inhabited part of the station, they begged for what they 

 saw, and collected little bits of iron. The tide being low and 

 the water not so rough, they did better at this place ; they shot 

 one Lethrinus rostratus, Cuv. and Val., one Teuthis vermiculata, Kuhl. 

 and v. Hass., and several Glyphidodon sordidus, Forsk. Besides 

 ! these, the younger children captured many specimens of Perioph- 

 'thalmus Koelreuteri, Schn. 



