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Tootahah immediately dreffed himfelf in this new finery,
with an air of perfeft complacency and fatisfaftion. But it
is now time that I fhould take fome notice of the ladies.
Soon after the interchanging of our prefents with Tootahah,
they attended us to feveral large houfes, in which we
walked about with great freedom: they fiiewed us all the
civility of Which, in our flotation, we could accept; and, on
their part, feemed to have no fcruple that would have prevented
its being carried farther. The houfes, which as I
have obferved before, are ail open, except a roof, afforded
no place of retirement; but the ladies, by frequently pointing
to the mats upon the ground, and fometimes feating
themfelves and drawing us down upon them, left us no
room to doubt of their being much lefs jealous of obferva-
tion than we were.
We now took leave of our friendly Chief, and directed
our courfe along the fliore ; when we had walked about a
mile, we met, at the head of a great number of people,
another Chief, whofe name was T ubourai T amaide,, with
whom we were alfo to ratify a treaty of peace, with the ceremony
of which we were now become better acquainted.
Having received the branch which he prefented to us, and
given another in return, we laid our hands upon our left
breads, and pronounced the word Taio, which we fu'ppofed
to fignify friend j the Chief then gave us to underftand, that
i f we chofe to eat, he had victuals ready for us. We accepted
his offer, and dined very heartily upon fifh, bread-fiuit,
cocoa-nuts and plantains, dreffed after their manner ; they
eat fome of their fifh raw, and raw fifh was offered to us,
but we declined that part o f the entertainment.
During this v}fit a wife of our noble hoft, whofe name
was T omio, did Mr. Banks the honour to place herfelf upon
M a the