The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-04-17

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ship taken, we could not do other
wise than yield ourselves prisoners
and for the whole period that sl
remained in the bay, the Dolly a
well as her crew, were completed
in the hands of the mcrmaids.
In the evening after we had COM
to an anchor the deck was illumina
ted with lanterns, and this pictur
cSquc band Of sylphs, tricked on
with flowers, and dressed in robe
variegated tappis, got up ball il
great style. These females are pas
Sionately fond of dancing, and in tn,
wild grace and spirit of their style
excel every thing that have eve
seen. The varied dances Of the Mar.
qucsan girls are beautiful in the ex.
IRENE, but there is an abandoned
voluptuousncss in their chara ctel
which | dare not attempt to des,
cribc.
We must pass over the prclimina,
ry movements before abandoning the
ship, the adventures on land in eff
tecting the escape, the perilous de-
scent into the valley of Typec, and
plunge at once into that dreaded
district. The captains farewell ad-
dress to the boats crew on their
leave of absence for day may as
well be given as a prelude, and
IL Specimen Of Nduticai Oratory.
Early the next morning the star
board watch were mustered upon
the quarter deck, and our worthy
captain, standing in the cabin gang
way, harrangued us as follows:
Now, men, as we are Just off a
six months cruise, and have got
through most all our work in port
here, | suppose you want to ashore
Well, mean to give you watch lib
erty to. day, 50 you may get ready
as soon as you please, and go; but
understand this, am going TO give
you liberty because | suppose you
would growl like so many old quar-
ter gunners if | didn't; at the same
time if you'll take my advice, every
mothers son Of you will stay aboard ,
and keep out of the way of the bloc
dy cannibals altogether. Ten to
one, men, if you go ashore, you will
get into some Internal row, and that
will be the end of you; for if those
tattooed Scoundrels get you little
way back into their valleys, they'll
nab you-that you may be certain
of. Plenty of white men have gone
ashore here and never been seen any
more.
There was the old Dido, she put
in here about two years ago, and set
one watch off on liberty; they new
er were heard of again for a week
the natives sworc they did not know
where they were-and only three of
them ever got back to the ship again,
and one with his face damaged for
life, for the cursed heathens tattooed
broad patch clean across his figure
head. But it will be no use talking
to you, for go you WILL. that | see
plainly; SO all | have to say is, that
you need not blame me if the island
ers make meal of you. You may
stand some chance of escaping them
though, if you keep close about the
French encampment, and are back
to the ship again before sunset.
Keep that much in your mind, if
you forget all the rest | have been
saying to you. There, 90 forward,
bear hand and rig yourselves, and
stand by for call, At two bells
the boat will be manned TO take YOU
off, and the Lord have mercy on
youH
Our traveller and his fellow adven-
tarcrs were received in the valley
with great courtesy. They were
well lodged and fed and carefully
protccted-not without a suspicion,
however, that the design of so much
solicitnde might be cannibal purpo-
SEES after all. Here begins the au-
thor's town life in the 1ypce valley.
The king paid him a visit and made
him free Of the palace-the Tat
the consecrated groves, his servant,
Kory Kory, carried him on his back
he was lame) to the river for
morning bath; one stuffed his mouth
with balls Of bread fruit, another
handed him milky cocoa nuts, and
the gentle Fayaway, Il beautiful
nymph, slept at night by his side.
In the valley there was nothing to
do but cat, drink and sleep. Not
an inch of ground was under cult
vation-thcre were no roads, banks,
days of the week or other civilized
but baths, dances,
refreshing fruits, gossiping warriors,
susceptible damsels, in garlands of
roses and perpetual sicstas. We
have innumberable anecdotes of this
pleasant kind Of life, told with great
good humor.
II Huseheepsr an 7yree.