«pinion he has made a good market, they frequently employ him
to fell their lkins: fometimes, indeed, they are extremely jealous of
each other, and ufe every precaution to prevent their neighbours
from obferving what articles they obtain in exchange for their
■ commodities.
About twelve o’clock they -conftantly left the Ihip, and went on
fhore, where they ftaid about an hour, which time,- as we had fre-
■ quent opportunities of obferving, was taken up in eating. This
evidently fliews, that they have at lead one fix e d meal in the day,
and that it is regulated by the fun. They likewife frequently left
■ us about four in the afternoon ; but this time was not fo exaftly
obferved as at noon. Towards the evening we in-general had far
the greateft number of vilitants j but by this time the trade of the
-day was pretty welh-over, and numbers came only by way of relaxation,
after the fatigue of their various Employments, though
fometimes we had excellent tkins brought us in the evening, by
tiaders who had been out during the day amongft their neighbours
in the adjacent harbours.
It was one fine evening, when we were furrounded both by traders
and people brought by curiofity, that I counted 175 people, as
I have before obferved; and I am pretty confident, that the con-
■ clufion I d iew from that eftimate, will be the extreme number of
inhabitants living in this found,
When the traffic of the day is.pretty well over, they begin to fing>,
and-never leave off till the approach of night j thus, beginning and
ending the day in th| fame manner.
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