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whom he had this son ; so that Mareewagee was the 

 prince's grandfather. Poulaho's appearance having 

 satisfied ns that we had been under a mistake in con- 

 sidering Feenou as the sovereign of these islands, we 

 had been at first much puzzled about his real rank ; 

 but that was bv this time ascertained. Feenou was 

 one of Mareewagee's sons ; and Tooboueitoa was 

 another. 



On my landing, I found the king in the house ad- 

 joining to our tent, along wjth our people who resided 

 on shore. The moment I got to him, he bestowed 

 upon me a present of a large hog and a quantity of 

 yams. About the dusk of the evening a number of 

 men came, and having sat down in a round group, 

 began to sing in concert with the music of bomboo 

 drums, which were placed in the centre. * There 

 were three long ones and two short. With these 

 they struck the ground end-ways as before described. 

 There were two others which lay on the ground, 

 side by side, and one of them was split or shivered ; 

 on these a man kept beating with two small sticks. 

 They sung three songs while I staid ; and I was 

 told, that after I left them the entertainment lasted 

 till ten o'clock. They burnt the leaves of the wharra 

 palm for a light ; which is the only thing I ever saw 

 them make use of for this purpose. 



While I was passing the day in attendance on 

 these great men, Mr. Anderson, with some others, 

 made an excursion into the country, which furnished 

 him with the following remarks : " To the westward 

 of the tent, the country is totally uncultivated for 

 near two miles, though quite covered with trees and 

 bushes in a natural state, growing with the greatest 



* The same sort of evening concert is performed round the 

 house of the chief, or Tamole, at the Caroline Islands. " Le 

 Tamole ne s'endort qu'au bruit d'un concert de musique que forme 

 une troupe de jeunes gens, qui s'assemblent le soir, autour de sa 

 maison, et qui chantent, a leur maniere, certaines poesies.*' Lettres 

 Ediji antes et Curieuses, torn. xv. p. 314. 



