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T O N G A T A B O O
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C H A P T E R IX.
Occut tences Jut Fug the* J irjf ^{pfcto T n ^&.JFFr.
O ur followers' wfetojnow albea^fefWfcodl^oHdjoard j b u t’though j .
we '-'were ny"Mhg|||;grant then»l^eiy(w f e t - sihd*ulgence, -yeti .they |
were too numetous .to have$rde decafs ^|heref<^#a>B^ftwenty only I
Were admi&id ;• and by-placing fent-ries-' al|tig^each fid'e^fr the‘desk , j
we fu c ce ed^ in keeping- t l j^ f fc o f f , though very.importtmate to be|
on-'bbkrd'. I Tfile^nrriocfiSes Ihey offered #or barter confi>fted-&fi hdgs>J
bread-fruilj^o'cpainlSfe,< yams* fpfe#s$ o l^^w hichA ibne wereWith-|
out), and ^f^isus irticlfgi^genlouflyj manufatlu^ed%'.fbut their de-|
glands Werlife’ high that but- little i> k purchafed. Neither thej
/Stvedes - nor' Otaheiteans could, underWd' what they thani
bt£rfel^esA1Which not only increased the -difficulty ■ off'mjSing- with!
incte Icrtipiulous’ dealers,' but- embarraffed u ^ i f f noTmall^degfee- tel
know-howl-to'fettle the mSre important b u fi^ fa o f the-jmiffionairies.|
After dinner, a chief named Futtafaihe' waf-titfodiped to the cap i
tain/ as a perfon o f great -power in-Tcifigatabhd; /and indeed fucl^
he appeared: he was abbutffortyiyeaiA'of age,i flout; abd" well prd|
-portioned,o' o f ’”ah opens free Abu'ffenafteey rlobfe^ sdemekfotif", and I
'gait ftately; of rather’ poftipougj 'ffaf',ff"y!'i^bld'n| we fliould have
taken hirftdfor a “ Very great man j.\and%i'the atteption -with whicli
he ’ fiarveyfiS e v d $ o b fe p j he appeared to' poffiifs an inquifitiW mind.
He talked a- .gqc>d deal in t?h$cabiny but all w o eouldmolteiS; 'frortiu.it
Was, lh a t He Was a great ebfefj and that fctaeWhitemen-were^bn
-the ifiand, and that he would Mtig/theKf-1 with - him orffheffollo,wihg
day'. -Aftertfffcaptain had-made him ap refentof anf-ax, adooking-
glafs, and forne other- articles, he took his'leave; a$d was,hardly