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much eagernefs, as during our late vifit. Their flock ap¬ 
peared to have been recruited much, though we had re¬ 
turned fo foon; but, inkead of bread-fruit, which was the 
only article we could purchafe on our firft arrival, nothing 
was to be feen now but yams, and a few plantains. This 
fhews the quick fucceflion of the feafons, at leak of the dif¬ 
ferent vegetables produced here, at the feveral times of the 
year. It appeared alfo that they had been very bufy, while 
we were abfent, in cultivating; for we now faw feveral large 
plantain fields, in places which we had, fo lately, feen lying 
wake. The yams were now in the greatek perfection; and 
we procured a good quantity, in exchanges for pieces of 
iron. 
Thefe people, in the abfence of Toobou, whom we left 
behind us at Kotoo, with Poulaho and the other Chiefs, 
feemed to be under little fubordination. For we could not 
perceive, this day, that one man affumed more authority 
than another. Before I returned on board, I vifited the 
feveral places where I had fown melon feeds, and had the 
mortification to find, that mok of them were dekroyed by 
a fmall ant; but fome pine-apple plants, which I had alfo 
left, were in a thriving kate. 
Friday 6. About noon, next day, Feenou arrived from Vavaoo. He 
told us, that feveral canoes, laden with hogs, and other 
provifions, which had failed with him from that ikand, had 
been lok, owing to the late blowing weather; and that every 
body on board them had perikied. This melancholy tale 
did not feem to affe6l any of his countrymen who heard it; 
and, as to ourfelves, we were, by this time, too well ac¬ 
quainted with his character, to give much credit to fuch a 
kory. The truth, probably, was, that he had not been able 
to procure at Vavaoo the fupplies which he expected; or, if 
he 
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