Alceste and some other presents; upon which Madera, who
was much affected, said, H To-morrow ship go sea; I go
my father house, two day distance: when I see my father,
I show him your present, and I tell him, me, Henry Hoppner
all same (as) brother,” and burst into te a rs!
Sunday, 27th of October.—At day-break we unmoored,
and the natives, on seeing us take up one of our anchors,
thought we were going to get under weigh immediately,
and give them the slip, which was not a t all intended.
This alarm, however, brought the chiefs off in a great hurry;
not in a body in their usual formal way, but one by one, in
separate canoes. Old Jeema called on board the Lyra on
his way to the frigate; he was a good deal agitated, and
the tears came into his eyes when I pu t a ring on his finger.
He gave me in return his knife.
The other chiefs called alongside on their way to the
frigate, but went on when I told them that I was just going
to the Alceste myself. In the mean time M&dera came on
board, with the sextant in his h an d ; he was in such distress
that he scarcely knew what he was about. In this distracted
state he sat down to breakfast with us, during which he
continued lighting his pipe and smoking as fast as he could;
drinking and eating whatever was placed before him.
After he had a little recovered himself,’he asked what books
.it would be necessary to read to enable him to make use of
the sextant; I gave him a nautical almanack, and told him
that he must understand that in the first instance: he opened
it, and looking a t the figures, held up his hands in despair,
and was at last forced to confess tha t it was a hopeless
business. He therefore put the sextant up and bade us
farewell. Before he left the Lyra he gave Mr. Clifford his
pipe, tobacco pouch, and a crystal ornament; saying, as he
held out the last, “ You go Ingeree, you give this to your
childs.” '
Mr. Clifford gave him a few presents in return, and
expressed his anxiety to be considered his friend. M&dera,
with the tears streaming down his cheeks, placed his hand
several times upon his heart, and cried, fS Eedooshee,
edooshee !” My friend, my friend !
To me he gave a fan and a picture of an old man Ipoking
¡Up at the sun, drawn, he said, by himself: he probably meant
in his picture Some allusion to my usual occupation at the
observatory. After he had put off in his boat, he called out,
“ Ingeree noo choo sibittee yootoosha,” I shall ever remember
the English people. When he went to the Alceste, one . of
the chiefs remarked that he had neither his hatchee-matchee
on nor his robes, and told him that it was not respectful to
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