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that this would happen ; and it now appeared that 

 Feenou could not even eat or drink in his royal 

 presence. 



At eight o'clock next morning, we weighed and 

 steered for Tongataboo, having a gentle breeze at 

 north-east. About fourteen or fifteen sailing vessels, 

 belonging to the natives, set out without us ; but 

 every one of them outrun the ships considerably. 

 Feenou was to have taken his passage in the Reso- 

 lution, but preferred his own canoe; and put two 

 men on board, to conduct us to the best anchorage. 

 We steered south by west by compass. 



At iixe in the afternoon we saw two small islands 

 bearing west, about four leagues distant. Our 

 pilots called the one Hoonga Hapaee, and the other 

 Hoonga Tonga. They lie in the latitude of 20 3& ; 

 and ten or eleven leagues from the west point of 

 Annamooka, in the direction of south, 46 west. 

 According to the account of the islanders on board, 

 only five men reside upon Hoonga Hapaee ; and 

 Hoonga Tonga is uninhabited ; but both of them 

 abound with sea-fowl. 



We continued the same course till two o'clock 

 next morning, when, seeing some lights ahead, and 

 not knowing whether they were on shore, or on 

 board the canoes, we hauled the wind, and made 

 a short trip each way till day-break. We then re- 

 sumed our course to the south by west ; and presently 

 after, saw several small islands before us, and Eooa 



arrivent, ils marchent, le corps tout courts, et la tete presqu'entre 

 les gnoux, jusqu'a ce qu'ils soient aupres de sa personne; alors 

 ils s'asseyent a plate terre ; et, les yeux baisss, ils recoivent ses 

 ordres avec le plus profond respect. Quand le Tamole les con- 

 gedie, ils se retirent, en se courbant de la raeme maniere que 

 quand ils sont venus, et ne se relevent que lorsqu'ils sont hors de 

 sa presence. Ses paroles sont autant d'oracles qu'on revere ; on 

 rend a ses ordres une obeissance aveugle; enfin, on baise les 

 mains et les pieds, quand on lui demande quelque grace." 



Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses, torn. xv. p. 312, 313. 

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