ï iR g T îMjssfëærâçéty v o y a g e i [J7W>
IiftfomWari fflagces^ c ^ f e . I •
built- forms iti each place a tond‘itf’;ttiafigley the Interior corner df
e ^ 'b e l r% j©iu€frW% QmMck dSiie,
which axe covered with ■ ■ 'trees* to - their Summits, and running-in a
^ e y afford a vi&wmmftrkaHytwiM;a^ romantic.
Rdviflgts ^F%EfeeUeift«vtoterbrito: >&^ugk^hV^iifts<ftsf
withftanfifig, hardly ftefervete^-meflttohedifor: fertility. '$
^-©too/has one ejf ?his <regft h0^«itl<mo0wh|tafe, awd.,
ft, my^n^auy-W-elhJflged^o^ftrtp: ‘Nearly oppafite is-Ja,jfmal[
* w * ^ ^ f f i f e ^ r « S v a n 664Tirfo-^e fea, Taowd to the <£eet,b£ tOttotj
for *none befides dares ^ » a n c ^ p o n <it5 and I think he deferv.es to
ftand the ftatue of-Folly, if-ever-he raifes hisiown living image there,
In walking alphg, about forty people-came with great eagemefs' ;to
g aze i had the place been populous, Uthirik -more would hkyeiaasne.;
RouhSing another hill, we-came'to the dilW^aaif Mdhmx Mftimom
i i i ) ^ t ^ t Q 3 ^ a # e V >and 4sflHadhdike-thofe lihad lately jpafteddh
appearanee-and population; i t has three matteynas (arid -eighteen.■ tees,
which" raa^s &emmfo'ehoF
■ Thcrnext dividing 'hill' is -called Peepe-pee ^ w e walked irosand fit
over ffiafp Todfei, -tejhieh axe-a-lddd tof fcafaite*/pA littie'drarfiher eaft-
ward there is a^tftle-ffope#r<Mnrtlie hills towards ithe 'W h ,, ,a a if
•upon fffis ffepe sire' many ^hodd-nllt' and 'bKaH-fra].h 7fr^PK; %,f- ^
houfe or inhabitant.' -After paftLng this We eaiillito. the .difhid; idf
Otyayteef % the middle dfJb th e low land is ’aboutf a forlong wide,
narrowing -towards the extremes, The fhorefo a flat rock , th e coaft
behdmgqut* and im 1 I hipped at %-chiefs hoafeii his name is lNoe
Noe.? -arid had the-foHovrihg sECcbu«f: namely, -4Wd lliatteabias and
twenty-two tees, equal-to one hundred and -forty-four inhabitants.'
This Chief had a d eA fe tfahoe Juft ffedftedj " if was the largeft.I had
feenV merfuring m length -fiftyi&g^it feet, -exclufive ofia long heard
which runs over the fore p art; the ftern-was twelve feet high, though
a-mtdfhips fJt&yx three feef and a fed!/ "TW tw tow e re faftened together
in the ufual -method by rafters* updn wMcft a/.platform tvas
made) where a ’houfb was yhtendhÿ,ito'bè?pla®î§ foirthè principal per-
fols/to fit o r , fljaepi in ; arid-: this I foppôfe; isi’aâerbf the 'larger war
canoes',! though not ftitfed for. expert manoeuvres.,
-j/tHavin^i dhnemy bufiiîfefehèJ-e,' Icintended' fo-jhave/gone a few miles
farther;, bill hadmof proceeded many yaSrdst whenTfmbt>B©ppo, 'the tayo
of? S r .. Gfi-llham^whoientrSatpck |o fbay all ' n ight at his hordes
which offer I f aæoeptdd, beingnrathèr feftgnedi teMn travelling over1
bad roads all the day.. Poppo was very afliduous to entertain me. well.
A pig. was inffantly killed, and a coirifortable bed- prepared. Here
' about forty people coHeébed.. The fupper,. which, was? very good,
teas^.halved;wp,with' fait» water.. Before') 1 went<tof reft; I- made nay
kind!heft and his wifgrea’ch a. fmalfprefent;. asndhiiflfc return 'they gave
me thB"eldffo,whibh'!C(3fopGftdjmy3bèdp a®Ualfbiàïrupper gaSrmEnf. ■
^rai'jth. A t ' daÿffgBsfi wei’renewed our'journey- Rbjspdt accompanied;
us-its- the ertd4df .thetdfiftrift; fohidhdsi'ft arhdill 'cMfod^Annabtsa':
from; hence I firft got a ftghjto f Tîàipaboo, b u f fthb at'.av ecfflifideiuble
diftsfrcdafromi it-. Thé difbri'Cl we-were’now c& ig to is called Wah-
aw-^eipiahe The: low land is. hte-ahsiit a qiiafctèr ofoa mile broadç
and the fame.in length ; behind are lofty hills, forming two' valleys,
wftemfc fun langé-rividèts ©f ' water,: ’ which,, after interfering''the
low igæeuhdim fterall places, unite near*the fea^ and fsrm a deep- and
rapid ftream. i III fording it my*man'. Ch&.rles was up'torthe middlej
foithat in ':rairty|;TOath®l;it
T h e Coafr ;aten‘g :the-‘;difttift •bendsifov; the heach is' bl&bk; esrak fand,
and.on it thfcîfeabroke'vtic^patlytf j'i
We flopped auw honfe a» large as. that p#î the 'm-iftionarib's, where
were feveral < native, but-'none p'ïftMèd'?d»i,ihtftligenceow® wantedii
tberefaeione wasi.difpatsehed'to'hrihgfaiprnpef-perfcittp.iwlso informed
us thatifo. the diftrift yvere fohr ehifefS’, ';©f whbrni R-oor-ah? tettsî pah*. ,
ci.pili.;.'ea®fer!is ove®ia? matteyna > t-wiStof 'tfelfomâtteynas' have-elévêii
tees: each, ole fifteen y andfone. foeteen ; the number of people- is' ac-
cordingly: three hundred and fortyrt-yo'. ' ,