of their friendship hy bringing us cocoa-nuts, and cooking 

 for us hogs and bread-fruit after their manner, which were 

 found excellent. The manner of cleansing and cooking 

 their hogs is as follows : a hole of a convenient size is dug 

 in the ground, the bottom and sides of which are lined with 

 stones, a fire is then made in it, and (he whole covered with 

 more stones. The hog is then strangled, and when the 

 stones are sufficiently heated, is drawn backwards and for- 

 wards on them to remove the bristles, which, by this prac- 

 tice, are easily taken off. He is then carried to the 

 stream and there gutted and washed clean. The upper 

 layer of stones and fire are then removed, and the lower 

 tier and sides are carefully covered with plantain leaves^ 

 on which the hog is laid after having his inside filled with 

 hot stones enveloped with leaves. The whole is then co- 

 vered with the same kind of leaves, and the remaining 

 stones are laid on him, over which is placed another cover- 

 ing of leaves, and this is covered with dirt, which had been 

 taken from the hole. In the course of an hour it is per- 

 fectly cooked, the coverings are carefully removed, the 

 meat served up on clean plantain leaves, and no mode of 

 cooking can possibly excel it in point of taste, cleanliness, 

 or appearance. The bread-fruit is also enveloped in 

 plantain leaves, and roasted in the embers. When the hog 

 was cooked it was served up to us in the circle, and we 

 amused ourselves in dividing the choicest pieces among 

 the girls, who testified much pleasure at the attention paid 

 to them. After which we extended our civilities to the 

 other women, and divided the remainder among the men, 

 reserving a small portion to ourselves. A daughter of 

 Gattanewa was among them ; she was the wife of the chief 

 who had met us on our arrival ; she seemed no less friend- 

 ly disposed than her huslsand, and embraced me as her 

 father, reminding me frequently, that from the exchange of 

 names 1 had become such. From her filial affection she 

 bestowed on me a bountiful supply of the red and yellow 

 paint with which she was covered. She insisted on my 

 sending away my boats and people, and remaining with 

 them until the next day, and no excuse that I could offer 

 for my return to the ship would satisfy her. They all 

 joined in her solicitations, and, as an inducement for me 

 to remain, promised me the choicest mats to sleep on, and^ 



