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took to undeceive me ; which he did in such a man- 

 ner as left me no room to doubt that he was the king, 

 or principal man on the island. Accordingly I made 

 him the present I intended for the old chief, which 

 consisted of a shirt, an ax, a piece of red cloth, a 

 looking-glass, some nails, medals, and beads. He 

 received these things, or rather suffered them to be 

 put upon him, and laid down by him, without losing 

 a bit of his gravity, speaking one word, or turning 

 his head either to the right or left ; sitting the whole 

 time like a statue ; in which situation I left him, to 

 return on board ; and he soon after retired. I had 

 not been long on board before word was brought me 

 that a quantity of provisions had came from this chief. 

 A boat was sent to bring it from the shore ; and it 

 consisted of about twenty baskets of roasted bananoes, 

 sour bread and yams, and a roasted pig of about 

 twenty pounds weight. Mr. Edgcumbe and his 

 party were just reimbarking, when these were brought 

 to the water-side, and the bearers said it was a pre- 

 sent from the Areeke, that is the king of the island, 

 to the Areeke of the ship. After this I was no 

 longer to doubt the dignity of this sullen chief. 



Early in the morning of the 7th, while the ships 

 were unmooring, I went ashore with Captain Fur- 

 neaux and Mr. Forster, in order to make some return 

 to the king for his last night's present. We no 

 sooner landed than we found Attago, of whom we 

 enquired for the king, whose name was Kohaghee- 

 too-Fallangou. He accordingly undertook to con- 

 duct us to him ; but whether he mistook the man we 

 wanted, or was ignorant where he was, I know not. 

 Certain it is, that he took us a wrong road, in which 

 he had not gone far before he stopped ; and after 

 some little conversation between him and another 

 man, we returned back, and presently after, the king 

 appeared with very few attendants. As soon as 

 Attago saw him coming, he sat down under a tree, 

 and desired us to do the same. The kins; seated 



