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or to fhew their own; arbitrary, power, began driving the tandes .from
the fhip, forcing them|tg ghe fhare as faft as - th<?y bopld) paddle j*
fome hpd part o f their crews on board, and could not get fo »quickly,
away, which the chiefs, obferving, caihe';at a greatjrate under’.the
fbip’s ftern where they lay, ^an^diredt over One c£Uioefr 'and, 'a s‘we’
t-ho^ht, ,|vp^d haiffi hurt the-people, ,bjut by their dexterity, irb
cfiyingltnd.iwimming they, efcaped f a f e t h e r©thets feemed Quito indifferent
to what they had done* and>*therehejng nowrnothing-tQ’oh-r
ftru S , them, -nor any farther fpott' they came' 'alonglide: qfib-.of
them, a . remarkably flout man,. we were -irbarmed^aX’admiral,- or.
rather <he navigator of, their-fleets, when they‘_g|K% ekpedirioh's jtQ>
the other-iflands; another o f note,was Feenou, K4 ib;_we underijlood-
to be brother to: him that was fo attached to^Qaptaia Cook. Each
o f them - received; a prefcrlt, and in a fhort time returnedto'the, fhorej:
when the canoes; again furrounded us to trade, cfcma&dihgj foj^fhal#
a dozen cocoa-nots what would purchafe a hundred at Otaheite^-. Ori;
the approach o f night they all left us very quietly. |
In the-wening the captain and miffionaries held a meeting, where
it Was agreed,, that, i f a.favourable anfwer was received from Moomooe,
fonie o f the brethren fhould land as foon as,poffibIe, to examine t-ho
p l^e, /view the natives , in their habitations, and fbe-hoW they -Were,
likely -to, behave to them: after which they could more eafily-detef-;
mine what property it was fife to. take at firft, andaUhthe propriety?
o f taking arms, e .
During the night heavy rain and fqualls^of wind from the KT.W'.: -
n th . A t daylight the large double’ canoe chne alongfide againy;
and in her feveral o f the chiefs who had vifited us on thb preceding
evening t thefe brought two hogs and a few, yarns, ! fuppofe-, in
return for the prdfent which they had received. They introduced
thentfelves into the cabin without much: ceremony, and fat.-quietly.
While we breakfafted : tea they refufed to take, but fonfe ate bifeuit.
and butter with a feemingly good reMfh. About ten o’clock in the
forenoon Ambler and Connelly came with a: prefect of-three hogs and1.
fornfesyams; fifom .Mqc^ipqe, ijjforming^us jjh^t bimjfelf^
»the ;v e n e r a b l e , , c h i e f s , f o . on
butrwaSflo^gbqCore ■ h^.dur&?vo^fe^SO/up Pt h e ; ^ e. had
the gangway:,- ieiic^has, aftaidan^Jed himitqy e q^.^er^bc|| ladder^
wh,®E%“hP , ^ y :%t4QV[-n..i would n^ .g^He^ e ^ y 1crip^*'
ta,i® rill he- was^fhipgd,^ and tto^pl^-h n^in
the 6perafiojispimdbnifhed jy q p p h ltt
chiefs who then
b$ftMentyVtw£ atjendapt G h^ -^ A fe rym ^ tjjlh ife
v^jsn.the, floor;,. b y $ i ^ g b i | ^ ^ l a c | 4 m a ^ ^ , ^ h kh^
a d i n i i e d S ^ ^ t - o b ^ ' s ^ y jh i|>A;andj rectuefti^h.j ^ k ^ f en^,
had' kSinj®«?diatdyr giyen t o ^ h in ^ -^ f t t e ^ t iv | ]^ fu ^ e ^ tKe.^in^
ahdrits,forfiiturey expreffing his admiration o f afl
ayriumberf efoyer,y speitinejit' gueftions!j-. ;t^e
fs^nos o f the) looking-glaffes, /uppqfing:iap^en^]y
"of {a^pioceswithilb?
painte^p|)^^?^j;Nor,did they feemto i^miry ^H.^ff^tJ^^he jyhplfj
-than thgm^tnefs of, qvqsypa^ of, t ^ ^ r k m ^ j J i ^ j ^They.
e^#mpbminutely-the; jointing c£{t^ A ch^ xs ,,an d^ ^ o g a g y j
tables and eXpreffed no fnwlljdfgree q f^ c ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ f i r ^ ^ - t h em -
^v^sJEb far exoelle^^cfprjthey f i ^ i h (,anc. i d e ^ g l J | i g if } ^ ^ j t o
41 their n e ig h h p ^ When ;tc^d ;^>at the^me^we
live-among them-Ooi)ldxteach them thoffi.9^<^ d I ^ ^ ufe#er tjung^-
they(sfeemedyiquite tranjpg^e^.^ T h j s t h e
captain improved, by mentioning eyegay
in their minds,an high ideapfjlthf ^ f f io p a r i^ ^ in ^ p ^ ip g ^M o o -
mooe as,‘to h j s ^ ^ p g f e i s ^q^A e rp ;to^ je fid^ .the re ,.^ ^ ' swhat
provifion :
the' iprefent they fhpi|14i, ip-¥8 4 :^ u fe near 'fefey^v'9h; ^ |||' ?$ore
fuitable, could be provided^ tb^y jPgioidd aljp ,haye, a ,g i e c ^ f land
for their ufe i^and y -w o u ld take care lhaf neither‘their m