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 them.belonged. to the tn'be that lived. on ihe op- s.' posite shore, but how they had crossed over was not satisfactorily ascertained.. Their.wonder.on this their last visit was much raised by our living .off a nine-pounder,'loaded with shot, the splash 'of which in the water caused the greatest astonish- merit,' and one of them was extremely vehement and noisy in explaining it to his. companions. Upon repeating this exhibition .they paid particu- Jar attention to the .operation of loading the gun, and expressed the greatest surprise at the weight  the ball, upon which, aer they had all seve- rally examined it, they held a long and wordy gument as to what it possibly could.be.. At the splash of the ball, for which they were all looking out, they expressed their dght by shouting in full chorus the words--Ca/, ca/, ca/, ca/, ca/gl. After this they ware sent on shore. At daybreak the next morning an opportunity a offered to cross the sound, and by eight, o'clock the brig was anchored under Seal Island ;, upon which we commenced the repair of the rigging,. and in the course of the day shited the maiu top-mast. We had left the anchorage on the other side of the sound too early for our friends the natives, who had promised last svening. to bring us a hawk's nest, that .was .built.upon a .rcck near th'e watering-place; a'.:ten o'clock' a very

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