price* JH s» 6^ ' which''Ret de
BdagaiaviBe had before aatBefli^wasu p sSdiw^
Pomarre,-' wh©.refaefte$'tS‘ have it'fcrge&irlta fmaill adzes. Tkemt-
abfadahce -of ? animalf afl<t ' vegetable- food' was fupphcd in ex-
efah^lffcr-Europeaii abitl®#}' a i fd fa l l fa (to ^iginal pbotki^ranfc wf
t fa iitandi fatfaMiisl aii«i:!<Spltea®89,~i^#5 «and gfafabwefaiofftred
£or |de.^ It was ob£er,y(ed, that the wpmen pf- th.^ fe|ghes d aft were
tilSK' ein#(SS» :thaii 'fbinfaijM b f y^dfisifeutsis*. ihtercowrfk, "pcbBafoly
in bfdwfat jjs t jil h a faM fa e d -from Pomarife
bmk dmfxMtanate Witfe • Mr;- Watte ht ^hifliisg^ .hpd
the peo|ieyfaEtmt«», ifa S o n g
abfenpSMif * fa ifaglfa,-aidlo<Iif~the. fb«#tne& b fe tk ii; plfefafciftJ>yi
Which wafe dnty f s ? ^ ^ m g h t . - - ^ ^ ^ ^ - riwhd ;\&aSF a£3% 1£avae*
«lagged, to ‘he takch m UlfetasC) bat Pomarrebeingun willing w.paft
w ith him,- tie- Was obtigfed f a r te tak . ■
i^ c a£ ln ^ e « a k ic& ii^ io f'A e
y ^ ir f r in tagOtaheite. The- -itifcw&tfkfawidcli; had been ledived
e f '^ 'i^ ^ i t o t i i i^ lb l f ^ b r a s i^ i r f , ? -iwi
-dueed dhe merchants 'arfaplantefa bfhtfa Briiifl®iV&ft-Miail iifafficfe
to requdft^fat mefei&s might be^fiM^-trao^tomfitiitohe». (IFeettes,
bfenfevbkB^ ipfcit^Qft a Ihip was com«Kffiofled:feytMs ^
was: mimed ih e Bounty; and Liernttenam Bligfr, iwhtSiiteidraiKfi-aB
matter wWh‘ CaptaiW-CkKsk2, wae%pp^WWd‘toi«^dtidifebtcyOtyseitei
Wfare, tfa~p&nl!s fa g h #
He -attiiv^'S'lw^Siv^'ijri'ths- 316 th o fO iiS ab^ fardpy itfaiie
tt o ttfae> mgfiths aft«#- Lieutenant ^Vda's fadqa»rdK#v and
Orapeia were found there,-‘ and ffe® daKfer arS$i®tts- t-b
grevsst his^cd&nispyrfldi; frefa .jfthdifiiigt-ihieit' ufual thefts. The
frame Of Captain CbOfe’s' fJ&ure, which had fuffered fome (tatmgft
by -its removals-* Was- brought! *fabe mended; and pn tfife ^StfaBOi.
inarre arrived with Iddea from a diftrid o f Teiarraboo, where he had
taken up his refidefice; -Weidooa'i faho- had- gained great credit by
his provvefs in'battle? but-WUs exccffively add idled to the te©!faafag
liquor o f the «ava root,-- -and a> chief of, ;Maftavae, named Fderio,
were«gpnpralt^'(IMiheSviihing parties.’ A garden?was planted near
the f-dioufeSfcb&ld^lgitegteto'* ‘the latter<- a'hd' to' I Moanna. Potatto and
Qrette,' and hisckinffhen’/ renewed their friendfhipt with the Englifli.
/The young?foverei*ghj4Jwho[wasiabsutdjx'-years old, was only t©;bc
atcoftedftifrom- the^oppofitb ficfer o f ascives at Oparre. T f a Englifli
.werevrequ'ired to make their fhdulders bare when in> his prefence j
buti-theyf compromifed’this ceremony by uncovering their'heads. He
was '-accompaniedr-by ‘ a younger brother and a' After, befide whom
Jddea-"hadr>'ra^bj(iaia:femafe 3 infant #by>F®iharre’i ..yet fhe. cohabited
openly ,at< that time with one^pll'ihis^ fervantsj "and hasrdone.-fo ever
fa c e . /Eeppahoo; an uncle of Pomarre, hadi.deftroyed eight children^
in.order ?te pr-eferve his rank as an arreoe. He reftded at Tet-
taha asi/chief-' o f that diftridt, .Towha beingj.dead. The wife of the
iatter. vM^Pno^ooratfurvived hiin, and waktiriuch refpedted. .
• ,’‘Lieutenant Bligh having Lmade very ■ handfomesprefehts from the
•king t.pfr@reat-Britain-: td Pomarre|tihformedl him-- that' the moft aSb,
ceptable> return wotfld5 be' aJj*M*^e '^uaiifiity tofethe young,bread-fruit
plants, and that’ he would oblige, himt'by.car-rying' them in: his
•cabin &r-,Eing.^}eorge j which .was,immediately confented to. Pod
«narre exprefledf little con'cern';aboutrthed'ofe,ci6ittexattle,' but*much
tdefire .to* be! revenged' upon-’ :the people, o f , Einieo j -and-he »was grad
;ti<ied wit f a two mufkets,-.'a paiTxnfepiftofaf.'ancba'roanftdefable'jftock
o f ,amm,umtioh'.> -He had fatsfufficieirtffSftitstidertO'ufe thefe articles
•him-felfi:; but v Hete-hete,d lyfKo rJ^mai^ed .with him, was as-g^gd
im a r lfa fia n :and althdugh i t a s -nob cuftomary. for-the females .o f
Otaheit« vtoigo, to battle’, ,-Iddea,vwhofe perforial ftrength 'and courage
«were unufually,great, had learned‘to ufe a mufket with fome dexterity.
|ff®farrero^, the mother, o f Pomatrc,'.came from the fmall iflands
o f ipethuroa, and vifited -the Bounty. With'difficulty,f being old and
co rp u len t.S h e s fam s to have been a native pfiUhetea, from whence
£bifief©£ her relafab^?- who were chiefs in, that iftand, came to Mat-
lavae ;at this .itirhe^lf ’ One o f theret brotight an ewe, which C&ptain
c