FIRST MISSIONARY 28a VOYAGE E1797-
C H A P T E R X V I I .
Y ranfaStidns^ at Tongkidboo during, the Ship*s Stay.
T H U S far I have written from the brethren’s journal, judging that*
though 'rèpefitkms wöalil unavoidably. èicteUr By tftisj' plan,!%e^ihd,i'
dents related a» they happened would enftbfe thofe interefted tö' farm
a better idea both o f ïhe natives aftd the1 reH-Rtnarion o f'fh e rni-ffion*
ari®, than b y any other rnethodrY wais able to purfue; for -perhaps
from thiftgfe- w h k b I might have paiïèd ovef, ~ïbmè fkilful friend
would4 draw uféful and fewrefting' inferCiSees *
And as 1 hs^edWoughtTt up to the d a f W
o f Our bMèd t® d , there r^aahas but lik lë'toBe faid concerning
what- paflhd at the fh ip ; as during 'this fifey, whifeh'Wds twenty
the4 Wholè was jpent in- -one taSntftiaed itttefcrtfffe'êif' MêniÉSiip' fejÉll'
ferin e between us and the ite rive sti^ ry day #ëYveifewillited b y 'fe i^
or- other o f them ; they laid üs in a very fergefea^ft ore ó f’ fine ysUna;,
and as many hogs as we were willing to accept^-for tbfe-'ftöék ó f
thefe which we had brought from, Otaheite was ftill fufficient to take
to fea. Some boars and lows of the larger fize We exchanged with
them for others, and had the fatisfaction to hear that a fow thus
exchanged to Vaarjee, Bowell and Harper’s chief, had a few daiyfi
after farrowed nine pigs. For articles o f iron they Whi 'venture
any thing^f 4 On our firft arrival an iron hoop Was fiolen off this
windlafs end ■ but as no-perfori was fuffered to come on board till we
, got it again, it was returned next day by Futtafaihe. 'Several other
things o f lefs confequence were ftoleli, but as the captain di‘d not like
to break the harmony which fubfifted for the fake o f them, they were
never recovered. Among other things, the cook’s axe was fiolen .5 and
TO- THE ISLANDS.
fetgjyyjouF friends an ideas o f the1 finall vaMe»pfea'few gUtteringjgnfJ
ngas-ii^.tJhe eyes'Op'thgSyopleAwnea putlm competition' w ith a vtfeful
iron took the captain gave, the 'cools ten flew guineas, lb puirchafe another
axe from' the nafives/j l!^at?&is1enlfe|gwd!ii#5ri make fuch a purchaf® were
tfe y Q©ly,laygh^d.at‘ himfdr|his!!Qffbif. -Bdides-iron, <Mt cloth fetid
finall HmSnfl grex-nn^udb^cic in high tilwti itlon-afiicfisg them j and
IpfiS^lofAhem cu n dtfitcd^fivtf^Mmgtfils-h on'our next vifit. ‘T h^ s
|Ho \ titled n ad b ’ dpttiall} ofitlic krgciwt&it.. But it may^be-bbfervecl
that thdapreFufcrupulcous in dealing, that they generally Rand foivthe
£ull»«value dTevtry[ thing 4
■ ^c'-Tlic captain v.'is new ƒ 'siyfilbre, andeebch: o f us'was-‘dfe^ permitted
one dxv at Aloof, for'plfafo|ei||||i's>we.refufe&:t>o hfeve fen^dfvbffionf
tfohjl ■ for.rJbrVyntcif nnment, left tlic idea1 ©fs^le^fing. might lead
them SH3s; inpxcu^tbM>:on our part, none '6f their feiiftofnif
gf, thEf>5fiatuiielW6f§^*%d]i^&iby us, but i fhpp^f|f them - teibe M ly
deferibed Captain Gpok. The daylbeforirwe failed 4i'Weari-S
Mooa in the, pinnace-,* accompanied by^Mf.* FaksnCr, » Mr. RbbJbfiy
and my brother James .W ilfcji.. Several hundreds/Of/ftie imives-linsd
tglyfhore, pa^t o f .them entreating us to go firfl: todFuttafaihe,'. a»d
the other past for us Oxvifit, Pngonagabook firft. As 1 had! piWV&^ff
prc^nf^|thgj former, we repaired to him, and were receiyedJwifk
great ceremony j and. when we had fpent feme time with,him w®
yifitetl thgpthey whom,‘We. found near the;beach, fe®tid With
gJhout an'hundsetp qthens jgund.fe bowl • o f kava, part o f Which
they ofiered to.feiS^-b^t tpeigee>matronly fuitaionr ifefte. This»-being
what they^ conclude their morning’s repaft with ,ifc fweet ^siifiigafa
(^ne,; and greatly refimhlCs, it, -beihg only a little .morepafty. • Both
chiefs treated us well j Futtafaihe roafted a large hog for our dinner;
after which he. accompanied us to the fiatookas. o f his linccftors i they
lie ranged in a line eaftward from his lrotife;' amortgifegrove o f trees,
and are many in number, and o f different coufirudlions : fottte, in'a
fquare form, were pot in the leaf! railed above the level o f the com-
nyo.iri ground; a row o f large fiojies formed the fides, and at each