THE PELEW ISLANDS. 
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of them would contrive to bring it up between them. This 
fifh they commonly eat raw. 
The iflands of Pelew, when viewed from the fea, exhi¬ 
bited high ragged land, well covered with wood. The inte¬ 
rior part was in many places mountainous, but the vallies 
were extenfive and beautiful, fpreading before the eye many 
delicious profpeCts. The foil was in general rich; they had 
a great deal of grafs, which, having no cattle whatever to 
eat down, grew high, and was fcorched and burnt up by 
the heat of the fun. Our people faw no river at Pelew ; 
their fupplies of frefh water being from fmall ftreams and 
ponds, of which there were many. The chief fource at 
Oroolong, was the well at the back of the ifland, which 
afforded the JLnglifh fufhcient for their ufe whilfl they re¬ 
mained there, and enough to water their veffel for their 
voyage, by collecting it daily in calks till they had obtained 
as much as they flood in need of. 
OF THEIR WAY OF LIVING. 
From the above account of the fcanty produce of thefe 
iflands, it mull: be evident that no luxury reigned in them. 
To their ufual mode of living, on particular occafions they 
added fome fweetmeats, which they obtained by the aid 
of a fyrup extracted either from the palm-tree, or the fu~ 
gar-cane {which grows fpontaneous) and with which alfo 
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