Now Perhaps We Can Bear To Be Told Of Past
Transgressions, With Considerable Tranquillity, Because We Pride
Ourselves On The
Conviction of increased moral feeling; but the man
who should act the friendless part of a censor among us, would
Still
be able to discover our iniquity, in the resentment we exhibited at
his officiousness. - E.
SECTION VI.
Departure from Tanna; with some Account of its Inhabitants, their
Manners and Arts.
During the night the wind had veered round to S.E. As this was favourable
for getting out of the harbour, at four o'clock in the morning of the 20th,
we began to unmoor, and at eight, having weighed our last anchor, put to
sea. As soon as we were clear of the land, I brought-to, waiting for the
launch, which was left behind to take up a kedge-anchor and hawser we had
out, to cast by. About day-break a noise was heard in the woods, nearly
abreast of us, on the east side of the harbour, not unlike singing of
psalms. I was told that the like had been heard at the same time every
morning, but it never came to my knowledge till now, when it was too late
to learn the occasion of it. Some were of opinion, that at the east point
of the harbour (where we observed, in coming in, some houses, boats, &c.)
was something sacred to religion, because some of our people had attempted
to go to this point, and were prevented by the natives.
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