_H._ Tur pay; nang zah beeto. _H._ Wait a minute; I will go. Verrah mahtah gur? What is your name? FOOTNOTES: [6] No bamboo grows on Lord North's island, but it frequently drifts ashore, and the natives make knives of it. [7] Used also by the Pelew Islanders. [8] _Numerals of the Caroline Islands, from the Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, 4to, London, 1799._ One, iota Two, rua Three, toloo Four, tia Five, leema Six, honoo Seven, fizoo Eight, wartow, Nine, shievo Ten, segga [9] Tattooing instruments may be seen in the valuable East India museum, at Salem; and perhaps in some of the museums in Boston. [10] What the import of this name _Peeter_ was, we are unable to determine. They gave the same appellation to a character of great celebrity in their history, whose entire name was _Peeter Kart_; and who, according to their traditions, came from the island of Ternate, many years ago, and gave them their religion and such simple arts as they possessed. They said he was of a copper color, like themselves. * * * * * [Transcriber's Notes: The transcriber made these changes to the text to correct obvious errors: 1. The author was inconsistent in his use of accents with some of the words in the language of Lord North's island. This inconsistency remains as originally published. 2. Some of the last words of the native's dialogue was moved to the previous page for readibility. This occured on the following pages: 130 text moved to page 129 131 text moved to page 130 133 text moved to page 132 3. The illustration "Escape to Britannia" has been moved from between page 114 and 115 to page 113. End of Transcriber's Notes]