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on board the ship. He also visited Captain Gierke ; 

 and if the present we made to him, the evening before, 

 was scanty, the deficiency was now made np. During 

 this time, Mareewagee visited our people ashore ; 

 and Mr. King showed to him every thing we had 

 there. He viewed the cattle with great admiration ; 

 and the cross-cut saw fixed his attention for some 

 time. 



Toward noon Poulaho returned from the place 

 where we had left him two days before, and brought 

 with him his son, a youth about twelve years of age. 

 I had his company at dinner ; but the son, though 

 present, was not allowed to sit down with him. It 

 was very convenient to have him for my guest. For 

 when he was present, which was generally the case 

 while we staid here, every other native was excluded 

 from the table, and but few of them would remain in 

 the cabin. Whereas, if by chance it happened that 

 neither he nor Feenou were on board, the inferior 

 chiefs would be very importunate to be of our dining- 

 party, or to be admitted into the cabin at that time ; 

 and then we were so crowded, that we could not sit 

 down to a meal with any satisfaction. The king was 

 very soon reconciled to our manner of cookery. But 

 still I believe he dined thus frequently with me, more 

 for the sake of what we gave him to drink, than for 

 what we set before him to eat. For he had taken a 

 liking to our wine, could empty his bottle as well as 

 most men, and was as cheerful over it. He now 

 fixed his residence at the house, or Malaee, by our 

 tent ; and there he entertained our people this even- 

 ing with a dance. To the surprise of every body, 

 the unwieldy Poulaho endeavoured to vie with others 

 in that active amusement. 



In the morning of the 15th, I received a message 

 from old Toobou that he wanted to see me ashore. 

 Accordingly Omai and I went to wait upon him. 

 We found him, like an ancient patriarch, seated 

 under the shade of a tree, with a large piece of a 



