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should bring hogs, fowls, fruit, &c. to the ships, 

 where they would receive in exchange for them, 

 such and such things, which he enumerated. Soon 

 after Taipa had finished this address to the assembly, 

 Feenou left us. Taipa then took occasion to signify 

 to me, that it was necessary I should make a present 

 to the chief of the island, whose name was Earoupa. 

 I was not unprepared for this, and gave him such 

 articles as far exceeded his expectation. My liber- 

 ality to him brought upon me demands of the same 

 kind, from two chiefs of other isles who were pre- 

 sent, and from Taipa himself. When Feenou 

 returned, which was immediately after I had made 

 the last of these presents, he pretended to be angry 

 with Taipa for suffering me to give away so much ; 

 but I looked upon this as a mere finesse, being con- 

 fident that he acted in concert with the others. He 

 now took his seat again, and ordered Earoupa to sit 

 by him, and to harangue the people as Taipa had 

 done, and to the same purpose ; dictating, as before, 

 the heads of the speech. 



These ceremonies being performed, the chief, at 

 my request, conducted me to three stagnant pools of 

 fresh water, as he was pleased to call it : and indeed, 

 in one of these the water was tolerable, and the 

 situation not inconvenient for filling our casks. 

 After viewing the watering-place, we returned to 

 our former station, where I found a baked hog and 

 some yams, smoking hot, ready to be carried on 

 board for my dinner. I invited Feenou and his 

 friends to partake of it, and we embarked for the 

 ship ; but none but himself sat down with us at 

 the table. After dinner I conducted them on shore, 

 and before I returned on board, the chief gave me 

 a fine large turtle and a quantity of yams. Our 

 supply of provisions was copious, for, in the course 

 of the day, we got by barter alongside the ship, 

 about twenty small hogs, beside fruit and roots. I 

 was told, that, on my first landing in the morning, 



