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Rh far to the south, and actually surveyed portions of their remote shores.

I sat down amidst applause as before, and, on joining my friends, was highly complimented by Onneyubla and others. Alvarez and the young ladies with her said they believed that the romantic career of the great mariners compensated in a degree for the uneasiness caused them by my account of the war.

In every way this address was a more marked success than the previous one.

New fields now opened out before me. I felt that I was improving mentally, and began to devote more time to study. The sun, however, would soon disappear. The long holiday was really over, and the people began, to return to their various occupations, so it was arranged that I should give no more lectures till the end of the following summer. In company with Onneyubla, I set out again for Tehana, in order to make final arrangements to secure a home for myself.

On our arrival, Yeyema presented us with a list that he had received from one of the Government offices, showing all the available estates in the neighbourhood. We inspected a few. However, I was quite satisfied with the first we visited, for it