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which «fed to fing every' morning lad" iëîoenwg$ ah^v ïwlff
a pipe fweéfc as a fiagelet ; our people often'thought ibi0t
were under the very tree whence the notes- of this little
bird came, yet n o n e Of'theto were ever certain they had
Féen it.
They had a variety of fiïfc, befidethe fort I have already,
dèfaâhed (Iprtge'fiz^y^^d feveral fmallef kinds, of very
bfeautiful colours and variety oof fosqkfff T]îâftiéulaîly
to which the 'Éngâ/fc-gàve the name o£ the Uniform^fiom
a horn growing but of ,its‘ forehead ; its fkin was rough,
like a fmaff^fhark or do^fijh* which it alfo refembled
in ihape and colour* They had the'l|fey' muljét, which
they crimped,hnd frequently eat raw. They kill the fhark,
when they chance to come within the coral re^f; this
they do by fpearing them, and afterwards getting ropes
round them, then dragging them on fhore ; the flefli of
the Ihark was efteemed by them as very delicate.'.They had
alfo feveral kinds of ihell-fifh ; Tuch as the fea cray-fifh, of
the fame fort as in the Mediterranean and on other European-
coafts T-and turtle, which the natives boiled, and feemed to
admire. They had befide oyfters, mufcles, and a variety
of cockles, particularly the Kima cockle *; this they-frequently
got by diving, at which the natives were amazingly
expert ; they would fometimes divë down in fix or
feven fathom water, and if the lhell was very large, two
Ckama Gigai of Linnæus.
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ol^them wquldicontiriv&^'bring it up between them. This
fifix theycbmmonly eat raw.
The ifiands’-of Pelew, when viewed from, tl^'fea* exhft
bited high rugged land, well covered w%|i^voqd. The intey
riof part was in many places mountainous, but tb-pfyallies-
were extenfivq and- d u t i fu l , Xpreadin^|e|brett:h^|e many
delicious p ro fp i# .y$ ^ e foil was ih gen<$d
a great- deal-of-graft, which, having tao cattle w|hateVer to
eat- downygrew high, and was foorched ^hd burnt- >npt by
the iea t -ol the fun. Ouf people fawjfo i^ r'a rEEn ltwS
their fupplies o f frefh water heing streams, .^nd
ponds, of’ ,which there were many. T h jlfth k f fourcd at
Orooloko,- was the weR at the>’back of, the ifliand, which
afforded the Engtijh fufficicnt for their ufo whihl they-remained
there, and enough to water their fveflel for their-tfoyf
age1, byeolle&ing it daily in calks, till they had obtained as
much as they ftood in. need of.
' OF T H\El R WAY OF LI Vl_^ G.
h From the above account of the fcantty produce of thefe
iflands, k muff be evident that no luxury rdgaed in them.
To their ufual mode of living, on particular bc'caHons- they
added fome fweetmeats,. which they obtained by the aid
of a fyrup extracted either the palm-tree, or the fii-
gar-cane (which grows- fpontaneous) and with which, alfo
.. they