may! b°artl f°r my dinner. I invited Feenou,1—v ' partake of it; and we embarked for the fiaiinpd ; hbisu tf rnieonndes ,b tuot
himfelf fat down with us at the table. After dinner I conducted
them on ihore; and, before I returned on board, the Chief gave me a fine large turtle, and a quantity of yams.
Our fupply of provifions was copious; for, in the courfe of
the day, we got, by barter, along-fide the Chip, about twenty
fmall hogs, befide fruit and roots. I was told, that, on my firft
landing: in the morning, a man came off to the fhips, and
ordered every one of the natives to go on fhore. Probably, this was done with a view to have the whole body of inhatbhitaatn
wtsa psr eofveenrt, amt tuhleti tcuedreems oonf yt hoef mm yr erteucrenpetdio na g; aifno r two htehne ihips.
Sunday 18. Next morning early, Feenou, and Omai, who fcarcely
ever quitted the Chief, and now flept on fhore, came on
buopaornd . thTe hiefl aonbdj.e Cl Aofft etrh e fovmifiet, twimase , toI raecqcuomirep amniye dp rethfeenmce; Ia nhda, du pboeenn l afnedatiendg , thwea sd acyo nbdeufodrtee d; taon dth ew hfaemree Ip flaawce aw lhaergree concourfe of people already alfembled. 1 guefled that
fnoomt etetlhli nwgh amt,o rneo rt hcaonu lodr dOimnaariy inwfaosr min magei.tation; but could
I had not been long feated, before near a hundred of the natives appeared in fight, and advanced, laden with yams, bread-fruit, plantains, cocoa-nuts, and fugar-canes. They depofited their burdens, in two heaps, or piles, upon our lneuftm, bbeeri nogf tohteh efirdse ftrhoemy ctahme er ifgrhotm, .b eaSroionng athftee rf, amarer ivkeidn da
of articles; which were collected into two piles upon that
fide. To thefe were tied two pigs, and fix fowls; and to
thofe,
thofe, upon the left, fix pigs, and two turtles. Earoupa
feated himfelf before the feveral articles upon the left; and another Chief before thofe upon the right; they being, as I
judged, the two Chiefs who had colleded them, by order
of Feenou, who feemed to be as implicitly obeyed here, as
he had been at Annamooka; and, in confequence of his
tchoims mtaax nudpionng tfhuepmer ifoorri ttyh oev perre tfheen tC ohciecafsfi oonf. Hapaee, had laid'
As foon as this munificent colledlion of provifions was laid down in order, and difpofed to the belt advantage, the
bearers of it joined the multitude, who formed a large circle
round the whole. Prefently after, a number of men entered
this circle, or area, before us, armed with clubs, made
of the green branches of the cocoa-nut tree. Thefe paraded about, for a few minutes, and then retired; the one half to one fide, and the other half to the other fide ; feating them-
felves before the fpeftators. Soon after, they fuccefllvely Oenntee rcehda mthpei olnif,t s,r ialinndg eunpt eartnadin eftde pupsi nwg itfhor wfinargdle fcroommb oatnse. fide, challenged thofe of the other fide, by expreffive gef- tures, more than by words, to fend one of their body to op- pofe him. If the challenge was accepted, which was generally
the cafe, the two combatants put themfelves in proper attitudes, and then began the engagement, which continued
wtilela poonnes owr eroeth ebrr ookwenn.e dA hs imfofoenl f acs oneaqcuhe rceodm, baotr wtialsl othveerir, the vicftor fquatted himfelf down facing the Chief, then rofe up, and retired. At the fame time, fome old men, who feemed to fit as judges, gave their plaudit in a few words ;
and the multitude, efpecially'thofe on the fide to which the tvwitofu orr btehlroeneg hedu,z zcaesl.ebrated the glory he had acquired, in