us ; but from what cause I had yet to 
learn. After passing a sleepless night, 
we again in the morning pursued our la¬ 
bors, but I was continually agitated by 
fearful apprehensions. About midnight 
I overheard some of the natives in the 
tent talking about me, and I was now 
convinced that some injury was contem¬ 
plated. I then asked them what I wa® 
to be killed for. They seemed surpri¬ 
sed when I told them I had been listen¬ 
ing ; yet they denied that I was to be 
killed, and one of them who had fre¬ 
quently manifested for me much friend¬ 
ship, came to my mat, and lay down with 
me, assuring me I should not be in¬ 
jured. 
The harvest being ended, a feast was 
had, and the chiefs were presented with 
considerable quantities of this fruit, af¬ 
ter it had been prepared and baked, 
which in taste resembled a .sweet pota- 
toe, sending presents of it in all direc¬ 
tions about the Island. 
Having now but little work to do, I 
confined myself to the hut as much as 
