He now hurried towards me, pointing at the same time to the canoe, and exclaiming rapidly, 'Puarkee! puarkee!' (Pig, pig).

I pretended to yield to the deception, and repeated the words after him several times, as though acquiescing in what he said.

The other savages, either deceived by my conduct or unwilling to manifest their displeasure at what could not now be remedied, took no further notice of the occurrence, and I immediately left the Ti.
All that night I lay awake, revolving in my mind the fearful situation in which I was placed.

The last horrid revelation had now been made, and the full sense of my condition rushed upon my mind with a force I had never before experienced.
Where, thought I, desponding, is there the slightest prospect of escape?
The only person who seemed to possess the ability to assist me was the stranger Marnoo; but would he ever return to the valley?
and if he did, should I be permitted to hold any communication with him?
It seemed as if I were cut off from every source of hope, and that nothing remained but passively to await whatever fate was in store for me.

A thousand times I endeavoured to account for the mysterious conduct of the natives.
For what conceivable purpose did they thus retain me a captive?
What could be their object in treating me with such apparent kindness, and did it not cover some treacherous scheme?
Or, if they had no other design than to hold me a prisoner, how should I be able to pass away my days in this narrow valley, deprived of all intercourse with civilized beings, and for ever separated from friends and home?
One only hope remained to me.