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His second cruise, in search of the Australian continent, led him, coming from Tongoa, to the New Hebrides, of which he first sighted Maevo.
To the captain's interrogations he replied that he was "Tui Tongoa" that is, King of Tonga, an island a little distance away but that he was at present under a cloud, owing to the success of a usurper, whom he would reckon with by-and-by.
As the native women do not as a rule stay with their masters very long, the children are registered under the formula: "Child of N. N., mother unknown," an expression which sounds somewhat queer to those who do not know the reason for it. After having finished this business, we weighed anchor and set sail for Tongoa. This is one of the few islands whose native population does not decrease.
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