54* cook's voyage to sept. 



This being settled, we left Etary and his party to 

 ruminate upon their folly, and attended Otoo to 

 another place hard by, where we found the servants of 

 a chief, whose name I forgot to ask, waiting with a 

 hog, a pig, and a dog, as a present from their mas- 

 ter to the sovereign. These were delivered with 

 the usual ceremonies, and with an harangue in form, 

 in which the speaker, in his master's name, enquired 

 after the health of Otoo, and of all the principal 

 people about him. This compliment was echoed back 

 in the name of Otoo, by one of his ministers ; and 

 then the dispute with Eimeo was discussed, with 

 many arguments for and against it. The deputies 

 of'this chief were for prosecuting the war with vigour, 

 and advised Otoo to offer a human sacrifice. On 

 the other hand, a chief who was in constant attend- 

 ance on Otoo's person opposed it, seemingly, with 

 great strength of argument. This confirmed me in 

 the opinion, that Otoo himself never entered heartily 

 into the spirit of this war. He now received re- 

 peated messages from Towha, strongly soliciting 

 him to hasten to his assistance. We were told that his 

 fleet was in a manner surrounded by that of Ma- 

 heine ; but that neither the one nor the other durst 

 hazard an engagement. 



After dining with Otoo, we returned to Matavai, 

 leaving him at Oparre. This day, and also the 19th, 

 we were very sparingly supplied with fruit. Otoo hear- 

 ing of this, he and his brother, who had attached him- 

 self to Captain Gierke, came fro'm Oparre between 

 nine and ten o'clock in the evening, with a large sup- 

 ply for both ships. This marked his humane atten- 

 tion more strongly than any thing he had hitherto 

 done for us. The next day, all the royal family 

 came with presents, so that our wants were not only 

 relieved, but we had more provisions than we could 

 consume. 



Having got all our water on board, the ships 

 being caulked, the rigging overhauled, and every 



