had a roof or covering, there was a dead corfe, for which
the mourning rites were inftimted, Our gentlemen were
obliged, therefore, to lay up their boats a little farther on,
where they paffed the night under fhelter of a good houfe,
whilft it blew and rained exceffively hard.
The next morning the chief, O-Tah, went into the boat
with them, and they failed round the north point of the
iOe, feeing a number of long low iflaad*, covered with
palm and other trees,, which lay in the reef. They bought
a quantity of good bananas about ten o’clock, and dined
a little farther to the fouthward, near the houfe of the
gveateft chief in the ifland, whofe name was Boba, and
who- governed it as a viceroy for OPoonee, the king of
Borabora,-(Bolabola). hut was not on the ifland at « a t
time. After dinner they miffed a bag, which contained a
number of nails,, feme looking-glaffes, and feveral firings.
of beads, being their whole ftock in trade. After a fliort
debate the officers refolved to feize a-s much of the pro-
perty of the inhabitants as poffible,, in order, to force them
to a reftitution. They immediately began at the place
where they traded, and took away a hog^ feme mother of
pearl ffiells, and a quantity of cloth, not. without being
obliged to threaten with fire-arms. The party was then
divided-.; fome guarded the boats, feme, the goods which
werefeized, and fome, with t h e lieutenant at their head,
advanced into the country in quell of greater feizures. ie
old
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old chief, O-Tah, accompanied them, and was under the seftbmbe«.
ftrongeft influence of fear, which manifefted itfelf like
that of the dogs in the fable *. Wherever they came the
inhabitants hurried away before them, and drove their
hogs into the mountains. The officer ordered three
mulkets to he fired to frighten them, upon which a
chief, who had one leg and foot fwelled to an enormous
fize by the elephantiafu, returned and furrendered his hogs
and feveral large bales of cloth. Our people next proceeded
to Boba’s houfe, which they ftripped of two targets and
a drum, and with thefe fpoils they retired to the houfe
which they had occupied before. O Tah left them in the
evening, but returned foon after with the ftolen bag, containing
about one half of the nails, beads, &c. which were
taken away with it, and palled the night among our party.
Early the next morning the proprietors of the goods which
our people had feized, were told that every thing fhould
he reftored on condition that they procured the remaining
heads and nails. In the mean time they advanced towards
O-Herurua Bay on the S. W. part of the ifland, and,
on their way, the chief, O-Tah, together with the other
chief with the elephant’s leg, who walked as well as any
one of the reft, produced molt of the miffing iron and.
trinkets, which had been hid in bullies ; upon which our
people gave up the cloth, hogs, targets, &c. which hack
# See Phsdr. Fab.
hitherto