îifejPÎ the evë' fruit, which, frqm its external appearance, Has .been
always nealled ran' applet although it has a fl^®hefce£andd}rig-t;hat a -
peach.-; ©uting^theûay.,(ÆrCipt»iâC<?fik, .which^as pipiang^ *&
order Ltd repair ,’his.ihjpifTa fk£t o f datge »war.canog&iaifembled in,the:
hayjirfor the pwarpo fe o f f attacking >th^0^gbb0uring ifland ©L L im a it
•The chicftref that jjQuntri^iiMhtpiaarb, 'hfad -married' a,fifteBiP&Ot&Ps!
and Ibhin^. expeBed .by hist unde Mahêinô, Bqlhad'.takeb refuge w ith j
hisrj3rdtherT«-lawl' -.The wefterndiftd&s having„unfed^yitiv.thpfpfQf
Tepiaréonoo ^fertnaihtainl the^caitfe, ofjiMotopaa'o, Toï^hâb wfeoi was
then .chietrbf Tettahâ, was appointed to fl^;c@mmaind-,bff-jhe‘,,comt,1_
bined fleet.;* H^ipoffeSedlgreâ:!’courage andjt alpins*,* was
iÿqars.'andrwas highly refpedted. His diftrihtîfrwi&eddgrt^lDuç large
canoes . t c ^ 4 A(he, fleet ; that ofAttâhooroô .one hundred and-fixt^
and.iMattajrae, probably!in conference i| f h» dpvalbkiqtijpQnly
ten^ T d à r irab p ad lÉ o r^ ^ F a e d ^°"fend a q*aW<*»frfs !expçdMonh
yeti both JtDtaOc turd, ToW;ha,, t although ' ÿ a lo u l^ ^ t l l^ ih j l f jf éStreafed'
Cook to affiftfthem in 'attacking •that peninfula.^^^jiïHÿnhèr o f
flndR canees^em#oyed to.tranfgorjt 'p r o v i f id n s -^ ^ ^ g n e d rM ^ g
back ';the.'Boches ‘.of ; thofe'wJho might-;be - . k d l e d ^ e r f d f • the
•larger canoes employed in fighting. _ From.the-mdltitudgrphr^edplg
embarked in this, fleet, Captain Cook '
might contain .mdre than Ywq.jhundrodjthouf^djiphabit^nts^^ <§^by
fêquent-navigators’ hâve- .even ^excepckdMhis.,palpation ■; but it appears!
hat at prefent thfere is not a tenth part o f that .number; o f people
inr;Otahëité.r, Unlimited fenfuality, with the.general contamination,,
and infant murders, attendant upon it,.have, without doubt* dreadfuby
dinüniflredlthé'popriationv. - . |g$|H -tph?£ tf-d& b_. ■ <
„ Athidft cthé s eenfufon - occafioned, b y (qr.greatfa eomeourfept the
±ame$J feme .dating theftsr were cqnaaittted* ând.tfee feverity which
was coxifequently ! excreifed, alarmed the timidity o f ©tpps • One o f
m HdeY; relations, named-Terf became ufe&J «fiflWfiW-« 4
.mediator .between the* ^oung king and hisformfeable gifei^-nOamm»
ahd’Gberea vifited tb^ni^from Pappara; the tottet* thopgh.grcatly
declined iu^digg^tyVrf'.a^^dvancing j ip, yeajfs, irdifeovered no abate-
|)f$ieijh' qfylewdnefs.^^ e x f e b it^ 'a : mock fea-fight, and
the Engljlhv.iCcip^ .mut^ah entertairfment.; aUd
theyftparted .very amicably^^-kheu'i^hbfiiyfaycj^JHete-hete, who
h ^ fh 0 n n e ^ ed jb i,m%lfi,;®th a .family fat •Mattayfefetoo.k a.pafiage in
thalihap, ,%|fee|fdiisijffichd<siqlt lUketear.^ Ofhva^lfcfhs am&pials which
b^fterll^lel^Qwnipe^oi^fehs before,; the
°.pI)^jifpec% §idS&^tc^W1ultip]}\y^e5e;^p.atsmodcatsi;iil^l^iexpeflit4dn'
to, Jgime^i .proved; f fhecef§fui(an jeftoring,, Motpoafe,! Yo ^aliternporary
.p©fl^Si®n,bf theUhyet^igJ^Y^df' *bat ifland.
t i TeiarrabooI.was.Jhqflt^r.ailert’rejdfited by 'th q Spaniards, in ;tw o
(hips .from Lima, which, { jpA p r^ in >.Oweitapeha'.bay: r>TJhe‘copai
madder(d?i.ed there,, i.andjw^s bu4edtpni fhore, n ^ ^ -ten p fs iW^hihh^thSyr
had preyed,1 andpinliiri'hed/with', -Jt ■GtfiJl;u£A)i^ieM’/rand ‘ Gurffjusxy^
ii materials which they
hafllbought. fprlthejpurpoCe. fon vE eru ^ a '..wkodeasdfedlbifji.confifting
ofJt\ygS.ab^ments ,■ with H^^oles(,m,|di^iy;alls; whibluadmitted' air,
and migh^ihATdfidr£pffode£emce,witH. mhfquetipi,> T.woj^rifeffsj ..with
anuattendant yupon, each,-remained at ,thi^hcLhitation wherl'thq Blips
d e p art^ ip j^ ^ were peacefu}ly;and • re fp e ^ fu fc ; treated b y the -natives' ?
bufe*iti does,,not appear that theyrhad-^muph .convegfation witfethem.
One o£;ttheir attendants^, however,' frequently, travelled iini.thesillahd*
and - became,. farniliac w itfe t:he;:lafigdage,bf; the; inhahitants., t Hevtold
them, many flanderous fhyies.of tbeiEdglilh', and aflured them that
Hf-Si countrymen .had fallen in .w ith ,.CAdkls,, vefiel and deftroyedk;
< ; Four.ofifithe iflanders.hadffailed in the.Spanifh.Ihips to,Lima, and
Ciwiyors were->bi;oughtl.badk hy thd
ftope yefifels te'h months aifteijwpd,".andjthe-.prieflss gpdftbeir .attendants
Wefe taken away., A buJt and. a ram, with fornejgqafjsf>,dpgs> <and
Spanllb: fwlne, were lgnd€4 fbsihqSTe a id c |^ \ p e f e ^ b
:^rfefuM^gttafeaBve<| by^(die natives'. .-iThofeiw^Q bad yifited
Peru returned wholly „to fheir former; Cpurfe of, lif e ; . pne ,of them
1! %'