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sane: and after a little lapse of time, not seeinghim come up, they were greatly alarmed for hissafety, imagining a shark must have seizedhim. Whilst they were all in the utmost con-cern, debating what was best to be done, whe-ther they ought to dive down after him, orwait according to his orders, for that perhapshe had only swum round and was come up insome niche of the rock, intending to surprisethem,—their wonder was increased beyond allpowers of expression, on seeing him rise to thesurface of the water, and come into the canoewith a beautiful female. At first they mistookher for a goddess, and their astonishment wasnot lessened when they recognised her counte-nance, and found her to be a person, whomthey had no doubt was killed in the generalmassacre of her family ; and this they thoughtmust be her apparition. But how agreeablywas their wonder softened down into the mostinteresting feelings, when the young chief re-lated to them the discovery of the cavern andthe whole circumstance of her escape. All theyoung men on board could not refrain envyinghim his happiness in the possession of so lovelyand interesting a creature. They arrived safeat one of the Fiji islands, and resided with acertain chief during two years: at the end ofwhich time, hearing of the death of the tyrant