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put into a net, the meshes of which ar e 
quite small, taken into the salt water, 
and then beat with a club to pummice. 
It is then put into baskets made of co- 
coanut leaves, and in about two days 
becomes like a rotten apple; after 
which the cores are taken out, and the 
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remainder after undergoing a process 
of kneading, is put into a hole in the 
ground, the bottom and sides of which 
are neatly inlaid with leaves, and left a- 
bout two days ; when it again undergoes 
the same process of kneading, and so 
on, until it becomes perfectly dry.— 
This occupied us a number of days ; 
and when we were engaged in gather¬ 
ing another, and a larger kind, a small 
boy came running towards us, and ex¬ 
claimed, Uroit d-ro rayta mony 
Wirrum,” that is, the chiefs are going 
to kill William. Ludjuan seeing that I 
understood what the boy said, he said 
“ reab-reab!” it is false. From the pains 
taken by the natives to keep Hussey 
and myself apart, it was evident that 
they were in some measure afraid of 
