THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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Such as wild purflain ; pea-tops ; a kind of fcurvy-grafs ; 
creffes, and fome others. All thefe, we found very palat¬ 
able, drelfed either in foups or in fallads. On the low 
ground, and in the vallies, is plenty of grafs, which grows 
very thick, and to a great length. I am of opinion, that 
cattle might fublilt at Oonalalhka all the year round, with¬ 
out being houfed. And the foil, in many places, feemed 
capable of producing grain, roots, and vegetables. But, at 
prefent, the Ruffian traders, and the natives, feem fatisfied 
with what nature brings forth. 
Native fulphur was feen amongft the inhabitants of the 
ifland; but I had no opportunity of learning where they 
got it. We found alfo ochre ; a Rone that gives a purple 
colour; and another that gives a very good green. It may 
be doubted, whether this laR is known. In its natural Rate, 
it is of a greyifh green colour, coarfe and heavy. It eaffiy 
diffolves in oil; but when put into water, it entirely lofes its 
properties. It feemed to be fcarce in Oonalafhka; but we 
were told, that it was in greater plenty on the ifland Oone- 
mak. As to the Rones about the fhore and hills, I faw 
nothing in them that was uncommon. 
The people of Oonalaflika bury their dead on the fum- 
mits of hills, and raife a little hillock over the grave. In a 
walk into the country, one of the natives, who attended me, 
pointed out feveral of thefe receptacles of the dead. There 
was one of them, by the Rde of the road leading from the 
harbour to the village, over which was raifed a heap of 
Rones. It was obferved, that every one who palled it, added 
one to it. I faw in the country feveral Rone hillocks, that 
feemed to have been raifed by art. Many of them were 
apparently of great antiquity. 
What their notions are of the Deity, and of a future Rate, 
I know 
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1778. 
Oftober. 
