.1788. , had contributédto fupporthis dignity ; araongwhom were
^October^ Moannah, Poeertah, and Oreepyah; Tinah, however, kept
the greateft part of what I had given, and every one feerned
fatisfied with the proportion he allotted them.
The Otaheite breed of liogs feems to be fupplanted by
the European. Originally they were of the China loft,'
ihort, and very thick-necked; hut the fuperior lize of the
European have made thejp encöiira^ ;ói>r brééd.1
Thnrfday 30. At bre ak o f day, Tinah and his Wifo CSfofe4gMn t© thé
fh'ip, and, as their attendants were numerous, I provided a
breakfaft for them o f broiled and.roafted pork, which they
preferred to tea. Our arrivli ké^ig known' all over the
ifland, we had this day a great numl>er o f Grangers on
board,- who came from the moft remote parts, and in thé
forenoon fome hooks and thimbles wereebt oat from the
blocks. This induced mé to Order all the natives out of the
flaip, except the chiefs and -their attendants. In executing
thefè "orders, a daring* fellow attacked the*?6eiLfiaM, hut
efcaped among thecroud. Every one knew the confequence
o f offending the centinel, and were exceedingly alarmed at
the appearance of anger I thought neceffary to affume.
Among thofe who .vifited «s ftOHéay, Were two chiefs o f
great confequence,Marremarre and-Tiis Ton «PocdiaifflfH
0 tee,-Earees o f the dèftriïte o f Itteeah otiïï AfeahOoroè.
Otee Was fed at dinner -in the fame manner-as T-inah. "It
Was evident that the attention Which I Ihewed to thpfe
cMefe feemed to give xmeafenefs to Tinah. At fuhrfet -tfty
vifitors took leave, and were carried on fhore by hèfe of the
fliip’s boats, which has always been -regarded as a mark of
diftinétion, and, on that account, preferred by them to
going in their own canoes. At their reqneft, a jace was
rowed between our five-oared' cutter and one of tfieir
double
dtoble casnoes with four* paddles. |Great exertions were
iufed on both ftdss, but the cutter feftréachedthe fhore.
In their return-to the fhip, Oreepyah flopped, them, till
a large piece bf.cloth, that he had fent for,, was brought
w h ich h e tied to the boat-hook, and .defired flaould be
carried off as a trophy o f their vikStoryj
, The next morning, at fun-rife, Moannah came on board Friday ji,
with a meflage from Tinah, to acquaint s me that he wasmat
tow -'«''(afisdlid.' to fee me) till -he had reeovered- feme
things that had been ftoien from the foip; and which he
had font after. I knew there wal' Tömëthihgl Wrong, as
n'o canoes came, off to us, and, on -looking - about, We -found
the biaoy of the beft bower anchor ‘had been taken away,
I imagine, for the fake b f Tomé irbh hoops that -were ©n
it* That this might not Create any'-cbolriëfs, 1 • Cent a boat
to Tinah, to invite him and his frien-ds-to fconae on board;
Which they immediately did, and Were ifo Hunger "under
any apprehenfetttöU I jhad made an appointment- with
Oreepyah, for him to go with me to Oparre this'morning
hut 'thé' accident juft mentioned caufed him to break h-is
engagement, he having gone, Ï Was informed, in featch of
what had been ftoien. *
Oparre is the'diftri<St next- to theWfeftward of Matavai..
One o f .nxy -reafons for agoing to Oparre, was to fee i f Nel-
fon Would be able t-o procure plants there; -but T gave-the
credit o f my vifif tt>-young <G too, the fon*' of Tinah,'who
Was the Earee Rahie, and lived with thé ïe f to f Tinah’s
children at Oparre. I prepared a magnificent prefent for
this youth, who was reprefented to me as the perfon of the -
greateft cohfequence, or - rather of the higheft rank, in
the ifland. At noon I left -the flaip, accompanied by
Tinah, his wife Iddeah, and Poeeno. Moannah was to
have: ■