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A LADY'S CRUISE.
Here are the Numerals.
| English. | Malay. | Samoa. | Fiji. | Rarotonga. | Marquesas. | Tahiti. | Hawaii. |
| One | Satu | Tasi | Dua | Ta'i | Tahi | Tahi | Kahi |
| Two | Dua or Lua | Lua | Rua | Rua | Ua | Rua | Alua |
| Three | Talu | Tolu | Tola | Toru | Tou | Toru | Akolo |
| Four | Ha | Fa | Va | A | Fa | Ha | Aha |
| Five | Lima | Lima | Lima | Rima | Ima | Rima | Alima |
| Six | Onoma | Ono | Ono | Ono | Ono | Ono | Eono |
| Seven | Pitu | Fitu | Vita | Itu | Fitu | Hitu | Ahiku |
| Eight | Walu | Valu | Ualo | Valu | Vau | Varu | Auala |
| Nine | Siwa | Iva | Thewa | Iua | Iva | Iva | Aiwa |
| Ten | Sapuloh | Sefulu | Tine | Ngaulu | Onohu'u | Ahuru | Umi |
| Eleven | Sapuloh dua | Sefulu Lua | Tine ka kua | … | … | Ta'au | … |
| Twenty | Ruapuloh | Lua Fulu | Rua sang a vula | Elua ngaulu | Eua onohu'u | … | Iwakalna |
CHAPTER XIX.
LIFE IN PAPEETE—THE MARKET—CHURCHES-COUNTRY LIFE IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
The Red House, Papeete,
Saturday, December 1st.
We have had a very gay week, including several festivities on board the three French men-of-war now in harbour. On Saturday I was invited to dine on board Le Limier, with the Greens, Viennots, and Verniers. (In case your French fails you, I may remind you that a limier is a blood-hound; a fact which I only recollected on seeing canine heads on all the boats.) M. Puèch is a good friend of the French Protestant Mission, and his visit to Tahiti is a happy event for all its members. After a pleasant dinner, we sat on deck to hear the sailors sing, and then went off in small canoes for a nearer sight of the pêche à flambeaux, which was going
