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Captain. Oöök had told thé earees .èfiPiitairïeï th a f odlhef the' kiq g
o f Otaheite nor his people. ynderftood the peaking paper, not How'to
do thefe things; Therefore they had, out o f real regard for him, férit
the good men at Matavai, lo teach him, his children;-and people, -Ss
we ourfelves were taught & that, as chief o f the ifland and regent for
his foil; it behoved hitn to fend his children and the natives » a ttèÉ l
to their irifbrudïiöns f for, i f they negledtedthe gréfeftt Spp-dWühity,
fro more gdbdiffleh Would, eome tothem, bult they fceMdkftmaift fh
ignorance fbrievèr;- ?
I believe he paid as much attention to 'this as lay in' his power, and
faid it was rriy ty (good), and fo went to; deep. '
16th. f e thte tnefeAl^ it
jgar. Quarters tül' aibe ©’docks when thê nhief Md
o ff to- work at thé cloth j • and as I intended töreft all' thte d é y , f fM‘-
lowed foon after, and found them bilfied on large pieces ©f el©Öh~®fê0t
thirty yards long, and föttrhifoadj # e y had thdft ^pÉfh®#2diilïg the
ground, and doubling eaöh, b y laying others Upon théiif, céiftëhtëd
them-with a -pafte. Pd'marre r#as-aS' ;b ü fy asany. Here f - fa w the
mawhoo alfo, Wh© Wrought With equal d èxféfityaSthe wöniett. •
A t a proper thrteo f (feyh •
part o f Which was given mè,dthe/rêft Went tö the 'lê ftife fhUfT'db-
ferved ^tsfe^hmtöïd him took fet ^"fttafe^thaelifeMP «MéP. p k
a fcanty f e n i f : &Êfó* th is ' ïöiy. be t bWÏ ^ - t e s - fe&efc
brought victuals in the'ds^, óhfhe two highïgïf ftaid th êif.Srt^ffiéd
that the hdgs Weft fiOt plémfftd ftéréj Of they Wejft i ^ & g t h ^ tffl
the feaft.
iyth. I irèfe tbfahé l è ^ ’h f PörtSffê, and' infarèoted Mrfi of ttiy
inttS*rion fö rdtóïh to the Slip by thê JlB8ë,
'and Would theftföéè ïhïnk h im ft» die iiftrêf a ©afiöéf Hé hagffiéi.
diately ordered one of the beft finglé ones, which Péter Was to keep
. after our arrival at Matavai : he alfo put in it two large hogs, and
font a man to Wycre (the firft diftridt We fhould land at) to prepare
another. I had given him a pair of fc-iffars and what I could fparef
m TKCTR fiftTTTtT.SE A . TSTJtKTDS. 20 c
aftdmow he begged a piece o f doth, which the chief gave me whete
we flopped on account o f the rain; having, got it, he caft his eye
on what I ufed as a bed, as if defirous of that alfo : but ohferving
his difpofition began to work, I bad him farewell,- not Without feeling
on the occafion. He was much affedted, and faid, if poftihle he ,
would »Gome and fee the captain, and defied me to {peak a good word
for Iddeah, that fire might receive opys (axes), paouties (fciffars), See.
. Leaving this place we paddled to the weft ward, and having a
ftrong Current in our favour were foon paft the ifthmus, and landed
in the firft diftridt, called'Wyere, over which Maahehanoo (a woman*)
‘prefldes as chief: to her the rfo n -of Towha is betrothed'c they a ft
both young, perhaps fifteen p dr^bHThe has the moil livelyypiefdng
ioountenanee o f any youth I &w.
- • Ar peifon’ rnanied Tootahah, who I s alfo- 'defCehdCdTftm the eareeS,
lived , here .as 'guardian, to Towha 'and Maabtehaiioo ;die filerned Well
■ ^ ^ « e d 'iw ith many o f our cuftoms, atid could fpeakfevteral- fenglilh
Jwoids-. Previous fo bringing a' -young hog which -they -had prepared.
-for dinner, Tootahah drove fbuir flakes in the aground, and
ffcakin'g-'-a>fable bflhoards upon them, he fpread adpiece'of.* chan’
rcloth; placed im-EUglilh plate before me, and tried> tt»f «p€^g^p
;T@A;not having^a-khife and forks and fuch^tluBgSjas he knew we had
on board. ThuSi.for the firft £ime, I j^ned.kvftyle
After dispel; fhey put a pig into the- can®&; agreeably to the order of
Pomarre, and made fome other prefents, -which I repaid as well as
I could, and lgftthem.
This is a very -good difcri^i^ the lowrfend is 6# varioiKhreadths,
■ as twenty yatdsv'a> furlc^g,;an9d in fongop^ces half a mile. Next
ifkre Hils riftdtShtdy h ig h ^ am in g valleys o f finall extent s. and
beyond are the lofty craggy mountains, which are C o^i^'With
«tajees tocthe futnmit. The dlftriCt woftw-afd o f -this ?is called Wyoo-
r5ede, and anfwers -the fame' defcrlption: the hill which feparates
them is called Rooamo, where the land bends in ; and a little further
a point runs off, and a quarter of a mile without it is the fmall iflandi