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Before Tuwarri could be restored to his home, we visited in sue- CHAP, 
cession several low islands to which he was a stranger. While we were 
cruising among them he entertained the greatest apprehension lest we Feb. 
had lost our way, and perhaps pictured to himself a repetition of his 
disastrous voyage. He could not imagine our motive for pursuing 
so indirect a course, and frequently inquired if we were going to his 
native island, and if we knew where it was, occasionally pointing in the 
direction of it. He always boasted of a knowledge of the islands lying 
between Bow Island (He-ow) and Chain Island (Anaa), but never 
informed us right when we came to any of them. He had, it is time, 
reason to be anxious ; for his wife, almost the whole of the passage, was 
Very sea-sick, which gave him great concern ; and when the sea was 
niuch agitated he appeared inconsolable. When he at length arrived 
within sight of Chain Island, his joy at the certainty of again setting 
foot on his native soil, and meeting friends who had long supposed him 
lost, may readily be imagined. His gratitude to us for having given 
him a passage, and for our attention to his comfort, was expressed in 
tears of thankfulness ; and he testified his regret at parting in a man- 
ner which showed him to be sincere : and as he was going away, he 
expressed his sorrow that the ship would not remain long enough off 
the island for him to send some little token of his gratitude. These 
feelings, so highly creditable to Tuwarri, were not participated by his 
Wife, who, on the contrary, showed no concern at her departure, ex- 
pressed neither thanks nor regrets, nor turned to any person to bid 
him farewell ; and while T uwarri was suppressing his tears, she was 
laughing at the exposure which she thought she should make going 
into the boat without an accommodation-ladder. Tuwarri while on 
hoard showed no curiosity, knew nothing of our language," or evinced 
^ny desire to learn it ; took very little interest in any thing that was 
going forward, and was very dull of comprehension. He appeared to 
he a man whose energies had been worn down by hardship and priva- 
tion, and whom misfortune had taught to look on the worst side of 
every thing. But with all these weak points, he had many good 
ifualities. He lent a willing hand to pull at a rope, was cleanly and quiet, 
punctually attended church on Sundays, and had a strong sense of right 
