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tance from the hut, where I would have 
a sumptuous repast; and if any remain” 
ed, would secrete them, until by hun¬ 
ger, I was drove to the necessity of re¬ 
visiting that place. 
1 made a practice of this for some 
time, until the chief began to miss his 
cocoanuts, and keep such watch, that I, 
for fear of being detected, was obliged 
to relinquish that mode of satisfying my 
appetite. 
A short time after this, I ventured to 
take a cocoa nut off the ground where 
the natives had recently buried a per¬ 
son ; a deed which is strictly against 
the laws of their religious principles, (if 
it can be said that they have any,) and 
a deed which the natives never dare to 
do, for fear of displeasing their God 
(Anit) under a certain length of time 
after the person had been buried, and 
then, the spot is only to be approached 
by males. 
Not twenty-four hours had elapsed 
after I took the cocoanut, before they 
missed it, and coming immediately to 
