4? SURVE'? Ol? THE I?qTERTROPICAL m& was asked for and granted by signs, for the resf F?,.?, of our party to approach. The chief who had been attired as above-mentioned was thought by �Mr. Cunningham to be one of those who waded inW the water to receive the presents from him ? preceding evening: he was very inquis/- tire about our clothes, and expressed the greatest astonishment at every thing he not/ced about us. He ridiculed our repugnance to partake of a piece of the raw ?ut of a turtle wh/ch he offered to us, and to expose our folly, ate a piece, which he appeared to think a dainty, although it was quite fetid from putrefaction. Our attempts to collect a vocabulary of the/r language were quite unsuc- cessful. An axe, some chisels, and other tools were given to them, but they expressed no plea- sure in receiving the presents, or astonishment at their effect. On our making signs for water, they all simultaneously pointed to an island bear- ing N.E. fwm the one on which we were. We now prepared to embark, and walked to- wards the boat accompan/ed by these fr?.endly savages, hand in hand; but as they drew nigh, a water-spaniel belong/ng to me leapt out of the bo?t and began to bark, which alarmed them so much that some of them ran off, and kept aloof until we began to play with and caress the do�
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