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<*—-v vanquiihed fave themfelves b y a precipitate n ig h t ; and
fuch as reach the ihore fly, w ith their friends, to the mountains;
for the vidtors, w h ile their fu r y lafts, fpare neither
the aged, nor women, nor children. T h e next day, they
aflemble at the moral, to return thanks to the Eatooa for
the vidtory, and to offer u p the flam as facrifices, and the
prifoners alfo, i f they have any. Afte r this, a treaty is fet on-
foot; and the conquerors, for the moil part, obtain their own
terms; b y w h ich particular diftricls o f land; and, fome-
times, whole iflands, change their owners. Omai told us,
that he was once taken a prifoner by the men o f Bolabola,.
and carried to that ifland, where he and fome others would
have been put to death the next day,, i f the y had not found,
means to efeape in the night.
As foon as this mock-fight was over, Omai put on his;
fuit o f armour, mounted a ftage in one o f the canoes, and
was paddled all a long the ihore o f the b a y ; fo that every
one had a fu ll view o f him. His coat o f mail did not draw
the attention o f his countrymen fo much as m igh t have
' been expedited. Some o f them, indeed, had feen a part o f
it b e fo r e ; and there were others, again, w ho had taken
fuch a diflike to Omai, from his imprudent condudt at this
place, that they would hardly look at any thing, however
Angular, that was exhibited by him.
C H A P .
C H A P . IV.
The Day o f failing fixed.— Peace made-with Eimeo.— D ebates
about it, and 0tods ConduSl blamed.— A Solemnity
at the Morai on the Occafion, deferibed by M r.
King.— Obfervations upon it.— Inflance o f Otoo's Art:
— Omais TVir Canoe, and Remarks upon his Behaviour;
— Otoo's Prefent, and Mejfagc to the King o f Great
Britain.— Refections on our Manner o f Traffic, and on
the good Treatment we met with at Otaheite.— Account
o f the Expedition o f the Spaniards.— Their Fi&ions to
depreciate the Englifh.— Wijhes exprejfed that no Settlement
may bfr. made. — Omais fcaloufy o f another
Traveller.
EA R L Y in the morning, o f the 2ad, O too and his I P
■ ther came on board, to kn ow w hen I propofed failin
g. For, h a vin g b e en ' informed, that there was a good
harbour at Eimeo, I had told them, that I ihould vifit that
ifland on my way to Huaheine ; and they were deiirous o f
tak in g a paflage w ith me, and o f their fleet failing, at the
time, to reinforce Towha. As I was ready to take m y departure,
I left it to them to name the days and the Wednef-
day fo llow in g was fixed upon ;.when I was to take on board ;
Otoo, his father, m othe rl and, in fhort, the whole fam ily .
Thefe points being fettled, I propofed fetting out immediately
for Oparre, where all the fleet, fitted out for the expedition,
was to aflemble this day, and to be reviewed.
I had:
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