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was true, acted with Imprudence—he bad hem shamefully &wet
edssynTer. by those oa wfwee hehtlf, and for whose Berries
Met; and Ist. Sit C. Ferhci, Wee at a loss an know how le
wer:Net for the pethlic meeting which toot place after the departure
of
Jdr. Buckingham, and ;h. presenee at it of Mr. Palmer and
Buckingham's counsel. orally filled him with astonishment,
after the- retruunsendation he MAO, en him, to him (Sir C. Forbes) ,
std of which recommendation as fat as be could ohserre, he
moved himacif in every respect *call. Ile supported the original
main tine.

• aloha! Raevrx and Mr. TRAWT briefly opposed it.
Mr. firma moved an amendment, tlatt the Court do now ad-
journ until this day week. in mitt that the subject may receive
'bar full diacusaine to which i . wa entiOed.

A foes and desultory disciiiisino took plate on this smut:lomat
sib Nth tea iinail, negatived a it hoot a div
The twipinal question wu then put.
Mr. llu caIIICHA Ye, who sat In Court during the whole of the
disetweirra, hoped that the question would not he homily disposed
ef. Man Proprietors were prevent who were prevented, by the
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discussion that had -

. the sts wabilowaga with attwes from the whole of them. They
aodlbiags, plantains, bread fruit, cloth, net parsquets,
demi, of die iron hoops, and knives madl from t het .
1 I Detil dnd favieJt4 wire 'very **obit's to cot on e board : but,
as es load hadtaazcinien of their dexterity at stealing the day be-
fore, wile I Ope, when they stole the cnolk's •te, I
could not emit theki/ns
Off Pats, the man at the maikt-Itc.d counted
i 240 canoes a Melt kft the ship to two hours ; and, as our distance
I from the land leadarcti: int probable that any of them should have
come to her twice, it wjll give sonic idea t,f the comber of shiners
we had. ..

These mew myrnblethe Friendly Islanders bah im enloar and
Isis's and the women weaved to me to he handsome, rt. indeed.
women generally are to seamen, after being rotor to is WithOlig
imam any. Roth roses pal women, hewerer, !MU the delicacy ash
the light complexion peculiar to the Otaheitans. With tempest to
igyyerincipal sham *whiting these elands, that of obtaining a
'tipsily of 'Ms, I entisely failed. not bare able to prorate more
'than a &aim or two. it weight be owing to their bcitia out of im-
am t bit I OM inelMed to think, that, like the Otatteltins, the ru-
de, - - and tier the same mascot, that roan,
notorious animal. In conntria Where
uniformly hod him indektit and se-
penurious, e usrpriving and instil..
fruit puss in these ividnds. I son of
er will become an inductions envie.
'here there axe freer bread fruit-trees.
Perhaps, however, my prediction May
"ode's missive so rattle at Eat and ;:ra
Jtabcite t for that SI,VnIOIIIIII, thou alt
pencil-sing of nargattret, pnwess a
The tuniusity of then le is
, together al:tither stetsing a
4to believe slut they hete seU been
small vowels frnin New Stittth.Waloi
' *sail the tatters that came to as for
,nt mote or bus of that itrtiele.
„and general principle of curiosity was
eressing in the highaq degree to some
'ea shore. (hoe, in particular, whose
Air, forming a contrast to his fats,
erg by part of his shirt an the met,
A native". They exeen)nect him more
caused him to think that they s !re an.
; and, as the part. exposed happens I
ud the they ,were each akin-tine
the same tithe, an eh* atiensirm 46(4
• offered him to eat =4 tidal', only
After he listlinformed sue of his ap-
., .
preinusion I endeavoured to get him sent off one of flit fist .__• hut,
owing to the people who had laid alaen to him being more digital.
to deal with thanthe rest, he was falikethan onc..takca down to the
canoe and again brought back, shield bad no test .nee to leases his
uneasiness. , . •
It was impossible to be better tn. *Wee kindly trAted than t way
whilst on shine, both by the admen and his wit's.,
_• for, thou
tiny had their share of curiosity, they never OtteollOtitti to feet :
pockets, or be in the &cast rude, but were in every respect the- •
verse of the chief at Eras. The whole body of the poop h behaved:
too, with the greatest decorum, notwithstanding their curiosity
Whenever 1 stopped, they all sat down in a circle round use at sane
distance, so as neither to intcmtpt the cu rent of air or otherwis
incommode me; and when I walked through this ring. er prlci!
them at any time, though they took that opportunity of tote a;
my hands or clothes, they did it in such a way A shewctd the
they did not wish me to know it. Indred, I do net believe that
ace of the natives, had he appeared in b.t netire.tmtume in Lon,
den, or any Tun of England, could be, Lathiest the curiosity of
the English, either gentle or siniple, at so little expense to his own
feelings.
At parting with the old man I felt regret. nod here no doubt:
had I Conti:mid to cruise in that ncighboOthood, 1 muld harts
nude this island a plasm of resort tCr refreshments, Intl hay' goer
en shore safely when I pleased. lam aware that try opinton or
these people differs eery widely from that cf tiPt tinfurtunare
Is Pwouse ; he, however, agrees with me as respects the
bounty of their village", the neatness of Ai* hoy!ses, mew.
Az What he says with rel to the ferocity of their looks
is not to be wondered when se consider the loss II: met
with there ; for 1 be!' them are fee people that much ad.
mire the edunfenances dump who hard deeply injured them
Eking on shore as Captain Pe Jangle, Akers, and party did with
left,
so many things about them, alt=ich to tile uatiyet were die-
mends of the tint water, Was y throwing try groargrett
laden in their way. Captsie Cook else kV( into several
owing to his eillewt going set idiom with lode arms, foseling.psomkg
am To me it alleys appeared most Altura for an individual to
land amongst any of these islansk-s aimed, or withany thing Yalu.
able about his person, for Ms mow Monet yrisfely be earn, oso
amongst so many, and must bee great inducement for them to at.
tack him. The more homely he G dressed the infer he will be t he
may promise as many floe things as be plata." to be given on his
retum se the ship, by which means he makel it that interest to
sere him. •
They still show the same preference for lac. ids as mentioned by
Paouse. I did not see them drink say sea, wed should have bele
of rice they were unacquainted . wbh it, nut a canoe et
°YThsevlea.hief ligPigirLi to ace °have" min
(sly one wife. apparently of his own
age " a few yen younger, and, as fee as I could judge from
steeping near them, were a very bring oomph: I saw several of
these people filet had the feefee, and some when it appeared to be
mixed with scrofula x liiiss stasoesa• widrranning sores like the
%evil, sad one or two who seemed to have lost their noses
were edierwise disliffutmesprobahly by the venereal r and as
all dime sores wee em pleeely steamed sr bont'phister or other eci.
of
they had Wady a deigned's, - biked, the mode
of them throughout -them countries smuts equally calculated to
show the beelines and defects of the herein holm, se that, in
Waft a wife in tli•te island., the old adage of buying • pig in o
palm tessild not apply. They nee has, resembling the small
Indian punka, and a By bre*, dee resembling those from that
I country, which induces me to think that they may have occasion.
. jug
ally been visited by some of the country chips on their passage
from Valparaiso to India. Tice wont tub (sir, or mastery, wiiiik
I frequently Mend, strengthened this opinion.

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fanged' disciuution that had is in pier. fnini offering. as they Itires are tooto plant. them,
their sentiments A letter of the Marquis of Hastings ,by nature, Janet certainly as iiid,
I had been read : he could wish that his reply to it weire read also. ~ nature has been lionatifel, we uMI he asked was a fair and full discussirsi. This be did not so& ' lit Dom g where she boo been
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its as an indulgence: he asked it as an act of justice. *.4,i Wag AN the bread fr
Mr. Ir. Ktxrainn replied. If it were sought by a lifick—fie arms the satires never
many Proprietors had retired in consequence of the !stenos et ! Tompitym• awl Eke, When
hour—to trade discussion, lie had a requisition in his Odle' abomplaweesof won% Pe
would bring on the discussion again in a shape netelt
_.10.44 vellhedeeibpt. ants
awskoterli
the terms of the present requisition t it would be (harm* of iiewiligass at Ot
at once to afford an opportunity for full and free discussiolf. • y the abbot 111108 t pi
- The Chairman, and several Proprietors and Directors, disch‘ed • is
et) disposition or intention of a trick. width
The original question was then put and negatived, on a show of : sue to
bands, by a large majority. I dough, no doubt. susal
..."The aitendaricz of blcnibers was not numerous towards the close Wading for shineu., so
ef the discussion. The Court did Out break up until half.post the of trading turn ht t
*vett e'ckick. the powerful _and
i tioniblesenie, but diem
INTERESTING NARRATIVE. , oftlltoonfpromete halt's crew o
skin", Most ern Bred, was fair,
i Pram the I.iverpoul fairier.l i whfclibvik well loaned, hating
We have been politely favoured with the following extracts from attraiiii hilextion of the nat
At *Taal kept by a gentleman of Liverpool who recently visited clonal/ she rat. which ClUts
rinseL of the Wands of oh Sea. will, we have no doubt. , Ilent meal : an
heirith in homy
,y as we are Oa , al took it jar ow
'aviaie that any iccount the . ivigitars s ands has been pabNatt- ' the tat die
ed since that of the unfortunate La Perouse made its appearance, ' paid him, as well as all they i
about Sony years ago. served sat strengthen his fears.
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