*773»' A ugust. with us, which, though ufual at Matava'i Bay during the
Endeavour’s voyage, none had hitherto ventured upon in
this place. Tuahow being already familiarized with our
way of living, and acquainted with tire various objedts
which commonly ftruck his countrymen with wonder,
eagerly entered into difcourfe' with us, as- he found us attentive
to hi-s queftiorrs. He enquired after Tabane, Mr.
Banks; Tolano, Dr. Solander; ‘tupaya, (Tupia) and feveral
perfons in the Endeavour whofe names he recolledted. He
rejoiced' to hear that Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander were
well, and having often renewed his queftion, always re*-
eeived the fame anfwer to k ; upon which he alked whether
they would not come back to Taheitee, accompanying k
with a look which ftrongly exprefled the wifh of feeing
them again. When he heard of Tupaya’s death-, he was
defirous of' being informed whether it had been- violent or
natural, and was well pleafed to hear- from fuch circum-
ftances as we could by broken words and figns communicate
to him, that ficknefs had put a period to his life, In
return, we queftioned him concerning the death of T-oata-
bah, who had“ appeared as the ailing chief of- the ifland in
Captain Hook’s former voyage. We plainly underftood that
a great naval fight had happened between that chief and
old Abeatua*, the father of the prefent king of Tiarraboo,
in which neither party had gained a- decifive advantage1;
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but that Tootahah afterwards marching his army acrofs k.,..
the ifthmus, which feparates the two peninfulas, had been
defeated in an obftinate engagement, in which himfelf,
Tuborai-Tamaide, and many other perfons of diftindtion
on his fide were flain. A peace was foon after concluded
with O-Too.the king of O-Taheitee*, who, after Toota-
hah’s deceafe, had affumed the power of the fovereignty, of
which before he had only enjoyed the title. Old Aheatua,
according to Tuahow’s account, died but a few months
after this peace; and his fon,. of the fame name, who, according
to the cuftom of this country, had already, during
his father’s life-time, borne the title of te-aree-t (.the king,)
and received the honours annexed to that dignity, now
like wife fucceeded to its more effential part, the management
of affairSi
This fubjeft being exhaufted, we took out the map of
O-Taheitee, (engraved for captain Cooke’s former voyage)
and laid it before Tuahow, without telling him what it
was. He was however too good a- pilot, not to find it out
prefently ; and overjoyed to fee a reprefentation of his own
country, immediately with his finger pointed out the fitua-
tion of all the whennuas or diftridts upon.it, naming them
at the fame time in their order, as we faw them, written,
* Called Outou in Hawkefworth,, vol. II. p. 154»
+ See Hawkefworth, vol. II. p. 158, 159, 160, 175* where this ///^ is >
conftantly exprefled as his name% -