It is no more than a little creek, three quarters of a mile in length, and about half that space in breadth.

No place can exceed it in its convenience for taking in wood and water, which are both close to the shore.

The inhabitant of the island, with whom our commander had the most frequent and friendly connexions, was named Paowang.
Very little trade could be carried on with the people of Tanna.

They had not the least knowledge of iron; and consequently nails, tools, and other articles made of that metal, and which are so greedily sought for in the more eastern isles, were here of no consideration.
Cloth could be of no service to persons who go naked.
Among the productions of the island, there is reason to believe that the nutmeg-tree might be mentioned.

This is collected from the circumstance of Mr.Forster's having shot a pigeon, in the craw of which a wild nut-meg was discovered.