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drums. The music commenced with 
the women, who began upon a very 
low key, gradually raising the notes, 
while the natives accompanied them 
with the most uncouth gesticulations 
and grimaces. The precision with 
which about three hundred of these 
people, all dancing at a time, regulated 
their movements, was truty astonishing; 
while the yelling of the whole body, 
each trying to exceed the other, ren¬ 
dered the scene to us, not only novel, 
but terrihck. 
The dance ended near night, and 
those natives who lived in a distant part 
of the Island, after gratifying their cu¬ 
riosity by gazing upon us, and even 
feeing of our skins, took their depar¬ 
ture. 
After our return to the village, we 
cooked some meat upon the coais, and 
with some bread, made a hearty meal. 
One source of regret to us, was, that the 
natives began to like our bread, which 
heretofore they had scarcely dared to 
taste; and particularly the woman whom 
