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did not learn, one of them took a spear 
belonging to the other, and after break¬ 
ing it across his knee, with one half of it 
killed his antagonist, and left him. The 
parents of the man killed, being present, 
laid him out on some mats, and appear¬ 
ed to regret their loss very much. They 
kept a continual drumming over the 
body of the deceased for two or three 
days ; after which he received a decent 
burial on another Island at some distance 
from the Island where he was killed. 
CHAPTER IX. 
Having a successful fishing voyage,> 
we loaded our canoe, and carried our 
cargo to the chiefs of Jhugnonewart. I 
had the satisfaction of an interview with 
Lay ; but our provisions being soon ex¬ 
hausted, we were obliged to go again in 
search of fish. At this time there was 
a severe drought, and breadfruit trees 
suffered b extremely, many of them en-. 
