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F I 8.0 sunv?.v or T.?. ?s?s. 'variety. of shrubs and plants in flower, which spa ?4? fully ?upi? Mr. Cun?ham's attention. As we p?M? ?ro?h. the. ?ees, a ?oup loRy palm? a?r?M our n?ice, ?d were at fi?t. supp? ? be ?-nut ?ees ?at h? been p? by ?e M?ays; but on examinin? �?.clo?r, ?ey provM re.be the ?s?, ?at pr?uces ?e betel-nut ?d the ?dy, a liquor w?ch ?e M?ays ?d the i?abi?m all ?e e?m isl?ds use. Some of ?ese ?ere fr? ?y ? fo?y feet ?h, ? ?e s?m of one of ?em. was binisM ?d d?ply in?n? by a blot ?st?ent. Ha?ng s?nt seve? hours on shore, wi?-. o? fining any ? ve? interesting or use?l to us, we retum? on ?, when we found that we h?. been wa?h? by ?ree ti?es, who h? walk? ?o? ?e b? but on ?ming n?r us, .had con? the?elves ?ong ?e tr?s, born which they had, probably, obse? ? our movemen? whilst we were on shoe.. ?ey were per?ps de? from ap? prying us from our number, ?d ?m ?e musk?s which ? of us ?; for our ex?- ?ence of ?e ?sposition of the ?ves at bum Is?d h? ?ught us prudent, ? no b?t w?, afar ?t ?r, p?tt? to l?ve ?e ves?l wither t?in? a mulet for e?h ?. It w?, Digiti'z'b? by GO0 ?