IAJJDKJP- one of the Wives cfa^iMlBA JTJHIULJLK *
f-fafi.J fyCJ&helftrCaf&mny Wi^as i f e Art clir«tl May !?iJ8
lie took th e& a e to i^m - artificers who came with him, to.
fee tfte veffely a n d ' appeared,. bivk}j_ delighted, to ebferve
the form it had taken finea.he had laft been an the ifland,
and was quite, aflonifliecj at the conveniences he found it
had. | Then gping within the-b^rricgde, he was attra<Stec| by
the hoys Tpinning fpumyarn, I which much pleafed him.
His brother Ithen jcaok him ing> the gMjte-mftte tented vfao
WereMl empdoyed in picking: oakum.^Among; the women
whom-Raa Kook cdndiiuQied about the^eove, there was qne
who.-fiamek ail out muhtrypien as bhigg fuperior in -elegance
and beauty,; as well afi in her graceful manner ofwalk-
ing,7to any female they had noticed at PeUew ; ihe was very
young,, and they could pot help making feme enquiries about
her o f the General, who informed them that £he was one of
the.Kirigfe wives, and was called L y D ee y^this lady, as well
all her female oompaniong, teftifiedthkt degree offurprize,
whiehjthe firft light of our different Works had edited in all
the other natives.’';"
After they had amufed themfelvos in feeing every thing
that' vNi£%fkig forward, a caiivafs was fpread in the cove for
the ICing, the General, and the ladies $ the Captain entertained
them with filh, and boiled rice mixed with molofles
to fweeten k ; which never having tafted before, they feem-
.ejd to relifh »very much-
The King, in conveyfing »with the Captain, wanted to
Bb i . know
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