ü FIRST MISSIONARY VOYAGE
■ ajxes, foiir pair of'fciffars, and four knjyesjp two looMng-gl|ufi@s'and
■ twofold -fhir-ts, -which jipäs; a l l -hö afkech forljp&näl4£>uppeärs .'that
kheirl reqüefts-; älwäiys include|th.e »Utniöft^höuMidS of-their expectation^
ifö' that to 'add aught more is quite fuperfluous 'agja' ünneceffaryl
When breakfaft, wäsuready, moft o f our.vifkors went upon:deck?,
feemingly through^ - fenfe-öf ^ood* manners and. a fear .of - offending-!
which we may fuppofe them.toi have learnt^frqm.,fcirmerIvifltofs;
V h q Ti. for- their owEpfefe©,;. might hhveFtanghtpfchem ;fcbäs m u cb i .for
i t certainly^ Would be iyery- uncornfortaUe/to: have .them crowding at
meals ?epnfMbaffyf; but Manne;tManner had no fö^piesjj:
nonfcaOusyof a right, - placed foimfclfXnEXl. hisigta^cf af. tab||V.'fau4
exceedingly fond 'oFthe'toi/ähd.cimihread-andibutt^
rather-an epicurean part. In the Toi^mn.,<pt^andIthe que§n.Äpst
o ff to 5beg leave o f the captain ko.fend h im theiriprefent? sq fo^ k ich
ceremonial' a n anfwer 'svas shade in the affirmative; and in>jConlp|
cpiencg thereof We had them -preiently alorfgfidej; thcjjkinglsi cop*
lifted’ o f 'thirteen live hogs, and three’ready drefled jtthfe qu^en'S^wa«
pneidreffed, fix alive^ and a bale o f clothe themfelves followed iri ädarge
double canoe,' accompanied.by Otoofs.ydiroger brother, now prince o f
Tiarateoi They would not come on boanl, but fexpgeffed^a:wifh(for
a great gun to be fe ed ; and, to gratify them, two jvet^Sß4U^P%;
Männe Manne took the match, and though ahnoft; blind wich age,
heJboHly feed" them o ff; with which a d f o f? his ■’ owrifcpurage h e
w a sh ig h ly tranfported. Their flay was fhort; for ^ftierrthey had
paddledstwice or thrice,round’ th e ih ip p they returned to the fhore.
About four inrjhp pfternoon Pomarreand hisuwtfe..iddeah,. having
ju ft arrived' frfifti fTiaraldö, .paid. their firff vifit at the ffiip j, befjdqs
his .ufiial attendants a number o f .others. had put ,themfejve$ ijyhjs
train. When alongfidehe refufed to come farther till- tEs captain
fhewed h im ftlf; this being done, he immediately afeeridedih? fide,
and coming on to the quarter-deck, wrapped four pieces. ;of .cloth
iodnd^the. captain as his awn prefentj then taking that, off, repeated
xhe pperation w ith the like quantity in the name o f Iddeah. While
-KlhaCH.] TO THE gÖtFTH-SEA ISLANDS. n
he wds' doing this;v F' tB^g'fft |OT'e'Wd§nti I®' 'l-fe . coufttenkhbe,' and
vf®^lS®W3BAS:siri:'^^TOs'yiFtWe'!Sf''?g^^^ktUre Very- different from
th e ‘morofo’ figiMe-whi^.-r^rSf^K’lraim^n'CoMe'efflffoh^of Cook’s
Voyages} ^’and” cdqM ndf Rfelp t?MnKihg^tl^^fe‘:href®®'d, Which we
■ how 8njlx«a<, ‘would" afford p*L .1 v^l n refined' Eufdpei
m o nave' bear’d fo 'much tot the hofpfljflHy and favour this’ phiiee
i©f ih’iSs'VilKclft/ '
’"-The oTer,' hi* tolel -thch apta'iii lhat hl^vSultMend
pfovrfiohs ana whatever' w^ fftd'bccafion fofwhffSWe ftaid at-Ota-
heifo’.’ When 'fihfbd^in ’tire t^ r a v h h * expreffed h*iV¥6gahl' fdr too
IragffH?,' and Ms fiaMu* Off this th8 intefprftelr
was%ea8red'‘ tb mfoSfri - him’, «that*' Kirigl©8©rge' loved'*h™?/ an d 'that
d il’^'raS ImW’fhahhht ^ 'r e g a r d fot^Iiirn
and liN TTCoplep-'tlicy liad lent this ffiip V, dli'-fome df 'the bcftkndnf;
pSfpolely @ T O * ttren |^ io i^ ^ ^ * ffilR ^® fe d 1f|8*'fMf^:w, wlifetb^vfe
ivas bl'ea,fe a ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ f f ^ ,duf1h f i I® ^ ^ l® ^ f® ^ d ^hn '® s5f^lah5 !,- He
inirrieJutd\ a m A n • -W g -M i rm a t i v e p i ^ e ‘01 iandfoMHeir
u fe was hext’Tm C T ^ nK l^ ‘him • fo -w-hieh^ "‘SftePa ievv'w^ms Switn
W ^rivy^omnfellcS’L Iddeah, h e ahfwered, th a t the Whole
€>f''iMrat^if5i fhould be given do with it ^WHat
^ « y plcafal; ohfciving, that P y te a h 'th e prefont'ehWl^.J®fj!p le d if,
tf i 'd r 1 Waif^i "good rold man j that it would be fo r‘tf e hSie®Pdf Io u t
people to permit'hrm to Hold ‘his lifidi.ncc’neswo ?liei>r ilwellffeg-
houfe y amft that M/accSrmng Wdrctcrs vhiwFip^fild h e ' given h im ,
W^uld enforce 'Obedience’ from fhehSM^S, arfa M^lige^them to%fin^
jwp’hSev<^Ltbe ;Ehglilh wafftea'fof* ’Sie 'ptohircb' Op'-me ■ dfflrldt:. *
‘T h e f t frioft important inafters'' to us beffig’ far!#s they
could be for the prefent, f t e chief thbi^ht k 'V r a s^ i^ fo ihcffiitfe
after entertatnmeh®^ ahd'lif-fl:'fey-TloSkets, next the vialih and dancing;
and lafflySthe bagpipe, which he'ffumorouflyueferibed1 by putting-a
bdricile of-cToth under 'bis arm, a¥id twiffihg^Kis 'booy ilike^a Highland
■ piper. When we fold 'them that We -Md none .of theft', thtey-'ftfe'ffie'd
iather dejefted j therefciby KFfeviVe them, ’a ‘few tunes WOre played