[{172}] See Bryan Edwards on the character of the African Negroes; also Chanvelon’s Histoire de la Martinique.
[{175}] This man, who was a friend of Dâaga’s, owed his life to a solitary act of humanity on the part of the chief of this wild tragedy. A musket was levelled at him, when Dâaga pushed it aside, and said, ‘Not this man.’
[{176a}] People will smile at the simplicity of those savages; but it should be recollected that civilised convicts were lately in the constant habit of attempting to escape from New South Wales in order to walk to China.
[{176b}] I had this anecdote from one of his countrymen, an old Paupau soldier, who said he did not join the mutiny.
[{179}] One of his countrymen explained to me what Dâaga said on this occasion—viz., ‘The curse of Holloloo on white men. Do they think that Dâaga fears to fix his eyeballs on death?’
[{184}] Sabal.
[{186}] Panicum sp.
[{187a}] Inga.
[{187b}] Ficus.
[{192}] Æchmæa Augusta.