Mardi Volume 1 Chapter 39 - They fall in with Strangers

In which the voyagers, having weathered recent storms, sail through calm seas and find themselves surrounded by myriad sea birds, their spirits lifted by distant signs of land and the arrival of an unfamiliar double-canoe. With curious caution and wary anticipation, they attempt to parley with the islanders aboard this unusual craft, mindful both of friendship and the lurking possibility of hostility.