>nSr>i. cont;*nu.ed ty f* an(l the- f iir f ranged lb h igh on. the Chore as to malts
v — —1 it necefiaxy- to rem o ve th e obfeEvatory fu r the r b a c k fcveral paces.;-. not-
withftauuing wh ich , the kind o ffice s o f the- friendly natives,, regardiefs- of
danger, were uninterruptedly- continued;
Friday 6. I t became calm, and the weather appeared: more fettled,, on friday
morning. The fheet anchor was weighed and replaced: ; and all hands
were buftly employed m their refpe&ive departments. After breakfafl,
I went on Ihore;. and underftood. that Otoo had. in- the courfe of the lall
two, days,, been carried-,, as when we firft met him,, about the encampment,
On his approach, I invited him into the marquee, and requelled
he would- vjfit the fhips. Both, thefe invitations. he declined:; and I was
immediately given.to underhand, that (hould: he enter the tents or fhips,
neither his. father, mother, or any. inhabitant of thefe iflands, could'again
be admitted]; that every thing is and mull be delfroyed out of which he
fliould eat or drink, although velfels or. utenlils belonging to us. As the
young monarch was about the encampment moft part of the day ; whilft
at dinner, I demanded of his father i f I might fend him. a. glafs-of wine ;
he replied, if I chofe to have the glafs broken, I was at liberty, fo to do;
and enquired if I had- an abundance o f fuch articles to fpare. Some
wine was therefore fent-in the Ihell of a cocoa-nut, which being emptied
by the young king; was inftantly broken and thrown in the fea. Pomwr-
rryhad, early and frequently, alked if we had not fireworks on board,
and being informed that we had, faturday evening was fixed for an exhibition,
after which the royal party, with their dying chief Mahow,
were to return to Morea, and having landed him; Pomurrey and his-
wives were to return, and remain here until we fhould depart. The intended
difplay o f fire-works was made known to all around us, and mef-
fengers with the intelligence were difpatched to various parts o f the-
ifland.
Pomurrey’?, father, who was formerly known by the name o f Happi,
Saturday 7. now called Taow, had arrived from Morea, and was: on board the Difco-
very where he delired to fee me; on whieh, Pomurrey with Vrripiah
and Whytooa, his two next brothers, accompanied me to pay our refpefils
to their old lire, who had juft arrived in a large canoe, laden with the
produflions
productions ©f the country as: a- preterit. This interviewt was exceflivëly ,0 $ ^
affeöiflg- W was with great fatisf&fiMön that t beheld- the affeflioiiate
regard with which the'three foris-embraced- thhir aged- arid venerable father
; who,- in acknowledging a grateful- ferife' of their dutiful cohgratu-
lations;- exhibited feelings whioh drSw tears from the whole’ party. When’
thefe filial effufioftS, which Would havé- driïïé credit to ftié fêfifibility of
the möft: polilhed- nations, had fubfidtó ; I pféféhted Taow with- a finf-
able return; and, On including fome articles- for his wife, who was Hill-
Mv-ihg at Morea,- he was highly delighted,- and thé value Of the prefent- in'
his-- eftimatioti feemed thereby infinitely increafed.
Some o f the röyal: females- had rië w joined Our- party ; arid as PoiHtirrey
hadffor yet' paid-Mr. Êroughton- a vifitj we all-wèn't On- b'Oardl-tliè Ghat-
ham. Freferits were neCeffary on this occafiori; arid although I conlidercd-
that Mr. Broughton had been-very liberal, our royal güefts-feëtned of- a’
different opinion; but'Ori explaining that there was not the- fame abundance
of valuable things on board the fmall veflel, that there was in the
large Ihip, and having feme ro.trofpefct to thé riumbér and value ó f thofe
obtained from the Difoovety, we-left? the Chatham, - arid' Went on lhoto
tolerably well fatisfied.
Soon after our arrival at- the encampment I- witrieffed a fcêrië, very d if ferent
from-that whieh had beeri exhibited: on board ori thé meeting, of
three fons with their venerable parent; It was Ihortlv announced that.
Otoo was approaching. On this ocCafion, it became rieeëffary that the
grandfather fhould pay homage: to his grandfon. A pig and1 a plantain'
leaf were inftantly procured, the good: 0Id man- ftripped to the waifl,
and when Otoo appeared in the front- o f the' marquee; the aged parent,,
whofe limbs were tottering with the decline of life, met His grandfon, and
on his knees acknowledged his own inferiority, by prefenting this token
offubmiffion; which, fo far as could be difebvéred; feeiöed offered with ■
a mixture of profound refpect, and parental regard. The ceremony-
feemedto have little effefr on the young monarch, who appeared to notice
the humiliating fituation o f his grandfire with the moll perfett indifference
and unconcern. This mode-of behaviour is-, however, rather to ’
be attributed to the force of education, llixn tonwarit oftlK- pröpërfefitiments