IjO FIRST : MISSr©tf&RY' VCTM&Ef Wj&fci
ftatuary and p'ain.tfcr.th.eir eqjtajs?ean feldbm t^ fe iM L jjQurptaheiteari!
girl, who wS'tolerably;fftir)( and had a comely perion,. y/as- no'twith-.
Handing gr^tly^clipfed by ^ p e w o® ^ and,.;I;ibeUeve,';felt' her,
mferforityyi»->RO fmaff, degree!; ^howe^et, fhe, Tfrgs- fppjgipr.jib; the
amiablenefs o f her manners,; and- poffeffed m o ja a f antj.
tender feeling o f the fex : flie was afhamed to fee a woman upon the
dedk quite naked, and fupplied her with a complete, drefs o f new
Otaheitean cloth, which fet her oft' fo great advantage^. and^nqpu-,
mggd’ thhf^n^ei,water^ w h o fen um i)^ .were ng^y gEeajtljSSSprgadad^
to importune* for 'admiffion ; and authqfj pity 2q*{thena^-, as'We faw>
they would'not return,,rye -took them.onboard - b u t tbfsypWere in*a
m<.afure difiippointed, for Huy,tonld not,all fucc^ed/fp^ylt
firlt in, getting clothed; nor did our. mtfchieyous^^ts^^p fufferc
them‘ to keep their green leaves, but a / . they J^j^ned, to*ayakbthem,
they'were attacked'on each fide alternately, and completely dripped«
naked..
T h e chief above noticed is named Tenae,| eldeff fon of^IJgndo^bhe
reigning-pSnce in Captain Cook’s t-irng^ he.- carrie in.a trembly
canoe, .{ and introduced himfelf by .preferring. the^captain ,ryith a!
frnooth ila ff about eight feet lo n g^ q the head,qT which g few locks
o f .human hair-were neatly plaited ; and befidesjhis, $jg& gaxe.a, fpw
head- and, brfeaft ornaments.' Obferving' a^nulket on the quarter-:
deck, he took it withcaFe to the captain, and bagged him “ to put?
“ it to fleep.” He received an ax?, a looking-glafo, and*neck-chain
to hang it tp, alfo a pair o f fdffars; .thelatter,,an article,much.priged”
at the Friendly and Society ifles, he£was either indifferent about, or
tolaHy ignorant’o f their ufe. Tw o o f his brothers, who'were pre-
fent, exprefled not the leaft defiie for any th in g s they all feemed-.to
have a thoughtful caff in their countenance, fuch as, men acquire!
who are ftruggling for fubfiftenceand can hardly get it, though they
would frequently break out into mad; fits o f laughter, >and talk as
faff as their tongues could go, and this the women did as well as the
men. It appeared that this was a very fcarcetime with them, fear
SC toTH '-S F flh feM D S .
* e f were | ,^ g r y j^ d * d '| ^ ^ Y o r ^ u ?ls
aJMubstwhlle tlipjj i 1 ^ « m & B . cjgj*y a, little,, blgtt they
ci e^^OTtmcidu ^ I <>VAj, to i iJ4q;ly,41
llrttltaTtLktf Ot ^dllCcflon^tb^ HlV,- t h i t r l .rmt
h^ohceahh'.rhhe^nen t« o J t_ $ f ( o n $ j$ y u n v.,yd\c\c^irig, who
hld B
together. irtto|t:he‘Watert §gsfd i^aifi*ph}|ho‘i q. ,
vy©ttr i^eniiphip^hetdiugj^ o nten,,intan&>tk^ f e n n ! mA
to the; cla'iti.dt^fcj.mid h ig ld t^ id ^ t td ^ jjJ i.t l^ *PJ,%»PWlI» mJ Aud:]
'M ^ h e w o i i k V ^ ^ l^ ^ h o u k md-lWh impjud^that, 1 nm 11Li hid.
After’tJuslic^hlnt itjh AIq,fU iri i-,..A c i/ f hwkj
Peter,, arid Qfeaheit(^-T^T. uTCna^tefepk\fc.d nmiphiajtbAtelv.^
pondii(ff*tg Aiii rhghiw''jv^dp^r^ , \ w « >idjl -ffop,!
gubfydbfre’ma&ius, fiiiATgr^o^uT'd i ring <1
the ( 6 h r e i f i f t^
ffffer l^gdljilsiRqgd^p, aaraafek or.U^'idk.t ,\ h a ,
fhewj. ^ l mued. aKqt,a ,q u ^ e |
P#anih0ur.- 'Mtarwarch?w ^ ^ c e |h e d ')^ t lk ^ v 4 1 j^ ^ g)ql|>im^d by
the- chief,-'' hi'sdfcqther,r'ahd .rrfetn^ ^ . tjip.\ouno luutmcs., rfl%e ro il
w^yeiytlindiffereRtj '
ftones w h h h h e .in the way^and^e^g r
tiredr>by~l»^igi?_Jf e | r ^ h ed5^h&
thtree," at which tiihes thdy lu 01^11^x^11011^ m d |o >m i t
fhpllsqfrpm Efsrivuletithabritits d o^ jtlie .y a ik y . .The broadj-fiuit .md'
cd£oa-hut treqs,' >vith a xaygty$of^4|]ipr.d x ^ “ ,*iffMJaV‘^
fhade h e a h ^ ffte / fo i. T e t e p com!iU9.t.d.usrto *onp of- hjg
that they might ^cupy?i t ,a^s fpqp5t|^ th jy ^ ^ i^ d . xpnyey'^r,,
idea o f "what; this^apd'^l^hen i^-fbujiJfelipuk^aieJ^/i-t n aul%>
neqeffary t^ffimagine,,one phjffiKo^n^olhone fi;q ry j^ |i w:ith adiigh
peaked roof; cut it lengthwife exactly down the middle, you would
then have two o f their ho.ufes, ., only'.built o f different materials.
That we now occupied was twenty-five feet long and fix wide, ten