Poona,'
Wonananio,
Tocaya,
Kidde,
Cowai,
Hala, hala, máé,
Walgal, or walangal,
Walga,
Gorra, gorra,
Chambara,
Yeiye,
Yarba,
Cutjalla,
Kono, kono,
Eya & ba,
Te,
Chaloee,
Yarea, & charo*
Yecalca,
Yerchee,
To Jleep or reft on.
Afleep.
Sit down.
Get along, or go before.
Let us go; Come along.
Come hither.
Uncover ; take off ; (hew.
Strips or uncover yourfelf.
Again> again.
'Throw it away.
Is it this ?
That's all.
Tie it on.
I cannot do it.
That, or this.
An article the fame as A, or The.
An expreftion offur prize !
Words uttered in a tone o f pleajing furprize,
on feeing the whitenefs offome o f our people's
Jkin who had taken off their cloaths,
in order to bathe. ,
Exprejfed on feeing their fpears that we had
taken.
Exprejfed on feeling the effebls o f a burning-
glafi.
M E N S N A M E S ,
YappaGadugoo, Tapuolyer, Dunggrea,
Yarconigo, Balgomee, Yaparico,
Garranattoo, Goota, Taijaputta.
Cabeeleelce, coyelaillo, halle.-cutta, yerba, yerbea yerga, are words they frequently
made ufe of, but the meaning of them we could not find out.
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As a mark of diffent, they fafd Aipa, feveral times,' and this was the only word,
that we could diftinguiih, to accord with the Otaheitean language.
On our arrival, the natives ihewed themfelves, on the land oppofite to us, by
degrees; and, after having thrown them fome fiflij they ventured to approach us
in a,canoe; landed by us; laid down their lances, and came forward to meet us,
ihewing figns of amity as they came along; but they were fo much abafhed at
firll, that they took but little notice of us, or of any thing about us, though they
did not feem to be apprehenfive of danger. We made them fome prefents, which
they accepted, but did not ihew much fondnefs for them. They became, at
length, more free when only three of us were prefent, and made figns for us to
take off fome of our garments, which we did accordingly. They viewed them with
furprize; but they feemed to have had no idea of cloaths;. nor did they exprefs a
defire for any; and a ihirt, which we gave them, was found afterwards torn into
rags.
The natives ihewed a great antipathy to our tame birds, and attempted to throw one
of them over-board ; and, a little before we left the land, they fet fire to the grafs
round the fpot where we had pitched pur tent; but, luckily for us, moil of our
things were on-board, or they would, in all probability, have been confumed, as
the fire burnt very fiercely, and had like to have deftroyed a litter of pigs, and fome
other things. We ihot at one of them, who ran up the hill with a firebrand,
and wounded him. Several of them came to us afterwards, and made peace
with us.
They feem to live moily on fhell-fiih, the remains of which we frequently
faw about their fires, which they procure by twirling a piece of wood in a hole,
made in another piece, till it is lit up into a flame.
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