become o f thofe v e ry things, which he had, but juft before,
diftributed, not feeming to have the leaft remembrance o f
what he had done, while the fit was upon him.
As foon as I got on board,-a ligh t breeze fpr ing ing u p at
Eaft, we got under fail, and fleered fo r Matavai B a y * ;
where the Refolution anchored the fame evening. But the
Difcovery did not get in till the next m o rn in g ; fo that h a lf
o f the man ’s prophecy was fulfilled.
* See a plan of this bay, in Hawkefworth’s Colle&ion, Vol. ii. p. 248.
C H A P .
C H A P . II.
Interview with Otoo, King o f the I f and.— Imprudent Con-
duEl o f Omai.— Employments on Shore.-—European A n imals
landed.— Particulars about a Native who had v i-
fited L im a.— About Oedidee.-— A Revolt in Eimeo.—
W ar with that I f and determined upon, in a Council o f
Chiefs.— A human Sacrifice on that Account.— A particular
Relation o f the Ceremonies at the great Morai,
where the Sacrifice was offered.— Other barbarous Cuf-
toms o f this People.
A B O U T nine o’clock in the morning, Otoo, the K in g t77T.
• i o f the whole iiland, attended b y a great number o f ■ Au8a*k
canoes fu ll o f people, came from Oparre, his place o f re- Sunday
fidence, and ha vin g landed on Matavai Point, fent a mef-
fage on board, expreffing his defire to fee me there. Accordingly
I landed, accompanied b y Omai, and fome o f
the officers. We found a prodigious number o f people af-
fembled on this occafion, and in the midft o f them was the
k in g , attended by his father, his two brothers, and three
fitters. I went up, firfl, andfa lutedh im, b e in g followed b y
Omai, who kneeled and embraced his legs. He had prepared
h im fe lf for this ceremony, by dreffi.ng him fe lf in his very
be ftfu it o f clothes, and behaved with a great deal o f re fpe it
and