Mama, _light_. Poto, _short_. Roa, _tall_. Nehenne, _sweet_. Mala-mala, _bitter_. Whanno, _to go far_. Harre, _to go_. Arrea, _to stay_. Enoho, _to remain_. Rohe rohe, _to be tired_. Maa, _to eat_. Inoo, _to drink_. Ete, _to understand_. Warrido, _to steal_. Worridde, _to be angry_. Teparahi, _to beat_. Among people whose food is so simple, and who in general are seldom drunk, it is scarcely necessary to say, that there are but few diseases; we saw no critical disease during our stay upon the island, and but few instances of sickness, which were accidental fits of the colic. The natives, however, are afflicted with the erysipelas, and cutaneous eruptions of the scaly kind, very nearly approaching to a leprosy. Those in whom this distemper was far advanced, lived in a state of seclusion from all society, each in a small house built upon some unfrequented spot, where they were supplied with provisions: but whether they had any hope of relief, or languished out the remainder of their lives in solitude and despair, we could not learn. We observed also a few who had ulcers upon different parts of their bodies, some of which had a very virulent appearance; yet they seemed not much to be regarded by those who were afflicted with them, for they were left entirely without application even to keep off the flies.