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was relieved from his anxiety. Being once 
assured that the visit was of a peaceable nature, 
it is' impossible to describe the joy these poor 
people manifested on seeing those whom they 
were pleased to consider as their countrymen. 
Yams, cocoa-nuts, and other fruits, with fine 
fresh eggs, were laid before them; and Adams 
would have killed and dressed a hog for his 
visitors, but time would not allow them to 
partake of the intended feast. 
This interesting settlement then consisted of 
about forty -six persons, mostly grown-up young- 
people, besides a number of infants. The young- 
men (all born on the island) were very athletic, 
and of fine forms, their countenances open and 
pleasing, indicating much benevolence and good- 
ness of heart; but the young women were 
objects of particular admiration; tall, robust, 
and well formed, their faces beaming with 
smiles, and unruffled good humour, but wearing 
a degree of modesty and bashfulness that would 
do honour to the most virtuous nation on earth. 
Their teeth, like ivory, were regular and beauti- 
ful, without a single exception; and all of them, 
both male and female, had the most marked 
English features. 
We are told, moreover, in the pleasing account 
given in the Quarterly Review of that date : 
"They sometimes wreathe caps or bonnets 
for the head, in the most tasty manner, to 
protect the face from the rays of the sun; and 
though, as Captain Pipon observes, they have 
only had the instruction of their Otaheitan 
mothers, 'our dressmakers in London would be 
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