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land, are however not abfolutely unufual in that illand,
efpecially when the lady has loft the charms which rendered
her amiable, and yet demands the fame attention as
before. An inftance fimilar to this happened on board.
Polatehera, formerly the wife of Potatow, but now fepa-
rated from him, had taken a young hufband or lover in his
Read, as foon as her firft lord had provided himfelf with
another partner. The young man had an affection for a
Taheitian girl, and our fhip was the place of their rendezvous.'
They did not however contrive their amours fo well,
as to remain undifcovered. The mafculine Polatehera
caught them one morning, gave her rival many hearty
boxes on the ear., and humbled the guilty lover with a fe-
vere reprimand.
Captain Cook found the government of Taheitee
in the hands of Tootahah, when -he arrived in the
Endeavour. After his departure Tootahah, being greatly
enriched by the prefents he had obtained, perfuaded the
chiefs of O-Taheitee-nue, or the Great Peninfula, to go
againft Aheatua, whom he could not forgive on account of
the infult fhewn to his family. They equipped a fleet, and
went to Tiarraboo, where Aheatua was prepared to receive
them. He was an old man *, defirous to end his days in
peace and therefore fent to Tootahah, to allure him that he
was his friend, and always intended to continue fo ; and
that
that he defxred him to return to his country, without at- mA,
racking thofe who had an affeCtion for him. Tootahah
was not difluaded from his purpofe, but gave orders to engage.
The lofs on both fides was nearly equal, but Tootahah
retired, in order to attack his. enemy by land. Hap-
pai, with all his family, difapproved of this ftep, and remained
at o-Parre ; but Tootahah took o-Too with him, and
marched ro the ifthmus between the two peninfulas. Here
Aheatua met him, and a pitched battle enfued,. which ended
in the total difperlion of Tootahah s army., Tootahah him-
felf was killed. Some told us he had been taken prifoner,
and waS' put to death afterwards t but others, and among
them o-Mai, afierted that he had been {lain in the heat of
the engagement. O-Too retired precipitately to the mountains
with a few ehofen friends, whilft Aheatua, with his
victorious forces, immediately marched to Matavai and o-
Parre. At his arrival Happai retired to the mountains, but
Aheatua fent to allure him that he had no quarrel with him
or hia family, and that his wilh had always been for peace.
Thofe on the mountain enquired in their turn concerning
the fate of Tootahah and o-Too ; they heard that the former
was killed, and that no body knew what was become
of the other. Soon after o-Too arrived through many difficult
pafles, and over precipices, and coming down from the
higheft fummits, joined his father, and all who were with
him. A general peace was immediately concluded, after
which;