Ihould be fupplied with every refrélhment in his power to procure, and
■ that the promife he had formerly made, Ihould now be punctually performed.
After dinner I went with him on Ihore, to take a view Of the watering
place; it is fituated in a fmall fandy bay, where, over a fpace of twenty
yards of rugged rocks and ftones, a fine ftream empties itfelf, whofe
water is eafily to be procured by landing the calks on the fandy beach,
and having the water brought in fmaller velfels to fill them ; a fervice
the natives will-readily perform for a trivial reward. This made me regret
the abfence of the Chatham; as in the immediate neighbourhood of
the water the country did not appear to be very populous, we might each
have fupplied our wants without being teazed and peftered with a numerous
throng of the natives, whom we Ihould mod likely meet with in the
moré inhabited parts of the illand, and which on fuch occafions. had
frequently proved very inconvenient.
Kahowmotoo ftrongly urged my remaining a few days at Toeaigh;
where he would fupply us with refrelhments, and would afterwards accompany
us to-another place of his called Ti-ah-ta-tooa,' lying between
this Bay and Karakakooa. This he reprefented as a fmall bay affording
good anchorage ; water, according to his account; was a fcarce commodity
there, but all kinds of refrelhments were in the greateft abundance,
and were perfectly at our command. To thefe felicitations I in feme
meafure contented, by promifing to ftay the next day, in the expectation
of not only deriving feme fupplies for ourfelves, but of procuring
feme provender for the cattle and fheep ; which, in confequence of
the inferior quality of the hay obtained at Monterrey, were almoft
ftarved. To this caufe I attributed the unfortunate Ioffes “we had fuf-
tained in our palfage, amounting to three rams, two ewes, a bull and a
cow. Thefe were ferious misfortunes, and in a great meafure difap-
pointed the hopes I had entertained, from the importation of thefe valuable
animals into the feveral illands of the pacific ocean. Still however
I flattered myfelf with the expectation of fucceeding in Owhyhee, by
leaving the remaining bull, -with the reft of the cows, under the protection
of Tcmaahmaah, who I expeCted would meet me at Karakakooa,
to receive, and infure as far as poflible, the prefervation of the animals
mals I had on board. To Kahowmotoo, who had taken the greateft care '793-
of the goats I had prefented him with on a former occafion, and of i
their produce fince my laft vilit, I gave a ram, two ewes, and an ewe
lamb that had been born on our palfage. On his being informed that
all the reft were defigned for Tamaahmaah, he ftrenuoufly recommended
their being landed at this place, it being highly necelfary that they Ihould
have pafture as foon as poflible, efpecially as Tamaahmaah had very, e x tensive
polfeflions in the immediate neighbourhood, where, he affirmed,
great care would be taken of them. I Ihould gladly have fubfcribed to
his judicious advice, but the Ihortnefs of our acquaintance did not authorize
me to place implicit confidence in all the aflertions of Kahowmotoo,
particularly in his declarations of being the moft intimate. and fin-
cere friend, of Tamaahmaah:; for Ihould thefe hereafter-have proved to.
be falfe, it might poffibly have caufed the total deftrudtion of the animals,
or have been the occafion of commotions, or'other unhappy dif-'
putes. This determined me to-deliver them myfelf into the hands of,
Tamaahmaah, for whom they were originally intended.
During the day, a- gentle refrelhing breeze blew into the Bay from the
weftward ; but foon after fun-fet, a gale fuddenly arofe from the eaftward,
attended with very heavy gufts, and continued until day-light the next Friday , s .
morning, when it fell calm, and the weather refumed a pleafant degree
of ferenit-y, attended as-before with a gentle, refrelhing breeze from the
weftward;.
This morning;-agreeably to his appointment, Kahowmotoo came on
board, for the purpofe of accompanying me to his habitation on fliore.
His vilit was rendered ftill more acceptable by his prefenting me with
fixteen very fine hogs, a large alfortment of vegetables,, and a fupply of
green food for the cattle. Arms and ammunition now ceafed to be
fought after, and- he feemed very highly pleafed and fully recompenced
on receiving, about- two yards of red cloth, and a fmall piece of printed
linen, with a few beads and other trivial articles..for.his favorite ladies.-
Of thefe he.had no lefs than.four, in the charafter of wives,, who (hefaid)
were- waiting • on Ihore with much anxiety to fee. me.; as the. taboo',
though at. ap end as it refpefled feme, particulars, was ftill. in force as. to
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