>777- him old Toobou, to diftinguifh him from his namefake,
v. —,— i Captain Furneaux’s friend. Both he and Mareewagee had
a venerable appearance. The latter is a flender man, and,
from his appearance, feems to be confiderably above three-
fcore years of age. The former is rather corpulent, and
almoft blind with a diforder of his eyes ; though not fo old.
Not expedting to meet with two Chiefs, on thisoccafion, I
had only brought on ihore a prefent for one. This I now
found myfelf under a neceffity of dividing between them ;
but it happened to be pretty confiderable, and both of them
feemed fatisfied. After this, we entertained them, for about
an hour, with the performance of two French horns, and a
drum. But they feemed moft pleafed with the firing off a
piftol, which Captain Clerke had in his pocket. Before I
took my leave, the large piece of cloth was rolled up, and,
with a few cocoa-nuts, prefented to me.
Saturday 14. The next morning, old Toobou returned my vifit on
board the ihip. He alfo vifited Captain Clerke; and if the
prefent we made to him, the evening. before, was fcanty,
the deficiency was now made up. During this time, Mareewagee
vifited our people aihore; and Mr. Fling fhewed to
him every thing we had there. He viewed the cattle with
great admiration ; and the crofs-cut faw fixed his attention
for fome time.
Toward noon, Poulaho returned from the place where we had left him two days before, and brought with him his fon, a youth about twelve years of age. I had his company at dinner; but the fon, though prefent, was not allowed to fit down with him. It was very convenient to have him for my gueft. For when he was prefent, which was generally the cafe while we flayed here, every other native was
excluded
excluded from the table; and but few of them would remain
in the cabin. Whereas, if, by chance, it happened, *—1-v_
that neither he nor Feenou were on board, the inferior Chiefs, would be very importunate to be of our dining party,
or to be admitted into the cabin at that time ; and then we
were fo crowded, that we could not fit down to a meal with
any fatisfadfion. The king was very foon reconciled to our
manner of cookery. But ftill, I believe, he dined thus frequently
with me, more for the fake of what we gave him to drink, than for what we fet before him to eat. For he had taken a liking to our wine, could empty his bottle as
well as moft men, and was as cheerful over it. He now
fixed his refidence at the houfe, or Malaee, by our tent; and
there he entertained our people, this evening, with a dance.
To the furprife of every body, the u deavoured'to vie with others, in that adnlwiviee ladmy uPfeomuleanhro. enIn
the morning of the 15th, I received a meilage from Sunday iS
Old Toobou, that he wanted to fee me aihore. Accordingly
Omai and I went to wait upon him. We found him, like an ancient patriarch, feated under the fhade of a tree, with a large piece of the cloth, made in the ifland, fpread out at full length before him; and a number of refpeitably looking
people fitting round it. Fe defired us to place ourfelves by him ; and then he told Omai, that the clolh, together with ah isp ipecree foenf tr etod mfeea.t heIr st,h aannkde dab hoiumt af odro ztehne cfoacvooau-nr;u tasn, dw edre’e
Ifihroerde hteo wgoiuvled hgiom o inn broeaturdrn .with me, as I had nothing on
Omai now left me, being fent for by Poulaho ; and, foon after, Feenou came, and acquainted me that young Fatta-
faihe, Poulaho’s fon, defired to fee me. I obeyed the fum-
mons, and found the prince, and Omai, fitting under a
large