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ftained with variety o f colours., and carried by 24 men,
each o f whom had a pole on his fhoulder, at^acfi. end of
which was a balket.
Saturday 14-
I have feldom fpoken o f Otop, vjhq^was too young to
have anyfhare in the \mariageftent bf affairs, ^and with
whom we were not-permitted to have any intemourfe,
except fpeakfng to him now! and then, acrpfs'a ri^br; 'at
which timesrri did not. negledt to ; fetid ih i chndrbh'Ifome
little prefents, fo 'that tlifey always'rejm*efed4‘'fo' teV m et'- I
might have been admitted to a- nearer acquaintance, i f I
Would have gbne'with miy fhoulders uncovered,1 as-his pa»
rehts^did, but fliis I declined. The.chgdi^djB,i^>t all live
under thh fame roof, the ' two • Afters' eating aqdjfleeping
in a feparate houfe, though at other times, they are'generally
together.
The ifland Tethuroa may very properly .-be compared, tq
fome of our watering places in England, producing Ami-
lar effeiSt upon thofe who vifit it., Many, who wept jthere
covered with fcnirf, returned plump and fair, and fc^rce
like the'fame people. This alteration for the better, jn a
great meafure to be attributed to the difcoqtinuapce qfthe
Ava, which Tethuroa does .not «produce * the coepa-qu?
trees* likewife, which fupply them
2-age* growing on low fandy keys», and having; their^oot^
helovt the level of the fea, may probably have qualities;dif-
ferent from the cocoa-nuts t>f Gtaheite ; . which^. path a
plenty o f fiih, that at other times-they are not accuftomed
to, mull no doubt contribute to the amendment described. s
Saturday 14th. I was vifited to-day :by a very old man,
an uncle to Tupia, the perfon who went from thefe; iftapds
in the Endeavour, in the year 1769, and who died at Batavia.
He appeared to be near 70 years old, and was treated
with
with'mqfch- refpedt by the natives. He made feveral en- M*78s>-
.quiries concerning his nephew, and requefted that when I ■ - '»
came, again,1 I would, bring his hair. At the time that Ti-
nah mentioned;.^ na%his>ideiire of yifiting England, I afked
whati apG&un.tJI'COtuld-give to his*friends, i f he fhould not
live .to.return; to yrhjph he replied^ .that I muft cut off his
hair,, and carry.at tq them, and, they would be perfectly
Satisfied,, - , t
•On ,the 16th, I was informed, that a ftop vyas put to the Monday 16.
fale of hogs, in thpdillridi of Tett^ha^ Teppahoo, the Earee
of - that dtftricft, toldspie; that, they .had very few hogs left
there, and-tflat it .was neceffary, for a certain time, to prohibit
eyery perfon;.from killing.pi1 felling, that they might
have 'time to breed. I did not think it reafonable to folicit
'apyindulgencp,Qn,fthis head ;’.my friends at Matavai and
-Qparre promifed to fupplyf us, as long, as we^ remained
■ here^ though we had -conftderably thinned .their flock.
Aftermur departure, the f^me, reftridlion was to take place
in th,efe*d.iftri£t$« and it being delayed on our.account, cer-
tainlryidefgryes,.,to be regarded, among thejir adts o f friend-
ftiipro wards, ,us. ,,
„‘i ,A|. i t was., generally known that we were preparing to
.fail,ra number bf the natives from other parts of the ifland
,wqre Gof^andy with us, - and petty thefts werp committed,
whenever'the negligence- of our people afforded an opportunity
: but no attempt of any confequence was
made.1
, , .This evening, Mr. Samwel, my clerk, returned from an Thwffiky
excurfion to the mountains,, having been two days abferit. 9‘
He deferibed the hills to be well clothed with wood, except
■ the; tops, of the higher mountains, which only produced
jfqnv The birds, he faw, were blue paroquets
T I I and