oranges andlemons j neither ofj thefe were in any eonfider-
able quantity $ therefore;, only produced 'oni vifits, ‘••Or occa-
iio^s of more than common ceremony.— To thefe may be
added, the jaxpboo-apple» mentioned in page 257, a& »brought
when L ee Boo firft appeared.'— This country produced
fome fugar-cane, and great abundance of*the bamboo j like-
wife the Turmeric which the; natives ufed as a dy*s- and
with which the, womenfflained. their ikihs.'-^^h^vhave
ochre, both red and yellow,- with whicbutheyupaiht .theife.-
houfes and canoes* M
None of the iflands the ;EngJiJh viflted had any kind of
grain ;n or any quadruped whatever, except fome brownifh
grey rats, w^iich ran wild in the woods, and three? bitTe-ur
meagre<eats^ which were feen in. fome houfes at Pelew,
probably brought on fome drift or part of a canoe*of '-other
iflands, wrecked on the reef.— This might excite thetntq:-ad-';
mire fo much the two dogs .our people left, with them, which
unluckily were both males.
As to birds, they had plenty of common cocks.and hens,
which, though they were not domeflicated, but ran- about-
the woods, yet loved to get near their houfes and plantations
; and, what will appear Angular- (confldering their
little variety-of food) they had never made any dfe- of'
them, till our people faw. them, -add told the native's they
were excellent.to eat.—-The EngJ0k'£at the deflre of Abba
T h u l le , killed fome, 'and boiled them ; the King was
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theSArfl Méldrtafted'Ïthem;|he thought,: them; good, and
frequently» partook offhein afteryvar^s^fo that our people
put- them in poffeflion -of! afhevwdifh ;rthe< peifl-appeared
pleafed at, feeing them^kHled^Tand would.fgWf out pir. pur-*
pofe to drive/ them in Their-' way;— Though the native's
had not ».till' no\^fmade%lief^' b$Bssr an Article oflifood'-ilyet,5'
when theyiwerit ^nto thé'woods} they^fcequent^’eatf their
qg&s; but they .'did not admire Athena fof being newly laid-;
the- lii-Xurf to them’was, when they Couffid fwaffow-an imper-
' fefcfe chiGkén in' the, bargam.^^^eóns'%Bêy^had^alfo in
woods.— At the time of. breeding, they took the young,from
thf'rfefti ’ahd brought thém up near their^hohf#}-} keeping
thenfbh a perch tied by one leg1, aifd’feeding them on yarns'y
this bird was accounted a great daintyffas we have had;0€ca-
Aön to fee, by its being’fo fparingiy ufed, and none,’‘but thofe
ofj^clftairi dignity, perrnitted&to eat theredf.-^Thfe people
of PeleW' were wonderfully aétive and expert in climbing -
up trees in queft of thefe nefts,- or any thirig'elfe that was air
. obje£t of their purfuit.—’Thefe Which I have mentioned;, were ■
* the only birds they ufed to eat.—Our people left them two
geefe} the lafl remains of their live’flock. *i
; - Sèveral birds-were feen flying-' about,' whofe plumage? appeared
to be extremely beautiful, but they probably might
be of the fame kinds**fs • ;are' foundjj in • different countries
between thé' tropics.—The iflands had alfo feveral fmall
birds, whofe notes were very melodious, particularly'tope v
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