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tory will not be diminished by them.— 
Hussey commences thus : 
About the last of April, myself and 
Lay were separated, destined to differ¬ 
ent Islands, not knowing whether we 
should ever see each other again. At 
night we arrived at an Island, and haul¬ 
ed up our canoe. We found but few 
natives, but among the number was the 
mother of the chief with whom l lived. 
She was very inquisitive respecting me, 
and talked so incessantly through the 
night that I could not sleep. The next 
morning we were employed in gather¬ 
ing breadfruit, for the purpose of curing 
it for the winter. This employment 
continued about three months, during 
which time I was very uneasy about my 
situation. At intervals of leisure, when 
the old chief had no particular engage¬ 
ments to engross his attention, he would 
launch his canoe and go and search for 
fish ; but my shoes having been taken 
from me, whenever I was employed 
round the rough shores of the Island, 
my feet were so wounded that I could 
