132 APPEARANCE AND DEPORTMENT. 
had been perfectly ignorant of his existence, he 
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. 
The following pleasing account appeared in 
the Quarterly Review : 
They sometimes wreath 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 
