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man of Tiaraboo then made an oration, which lasted 

 about ten minutes. He was followed by an Atta- 

 hooroo man ; afterward Potatou spoke with much 

 greater fluency and grace than any of them ; for, 

 in general, they spoke in short, broken sentences, 

 with a motion of the hand that was rather awkward. 

 Tooteo, Otoo's orator, spoke next, and after him 

 a man from Eimeo. Two or three more speeches 

 were made ; but not much attended to. Omai told 

 me, that the speeches declared that they should not 

 fight, but all be friends. As many of the speakers 

 expressed themselves with warmth, possibly there 

 were some recriminations and protestations of their 

 good intentions. In the midst of their speaking, a 

 man of Attahooroo got up, with a sling fastened to 

 his waist, and a large stone placed upon his shoulder. 

 After parading near a quarter of an hour in the open 

 space, repeating something in a singing tone, he 

 threw the stone down. This stone, and a plan- 

 tain-tree that lay at Otoo's feet, were, after the 

 speeches ended, carried to the moral ; and one of the 

 priests, and Otoo with him, said something upon the 

 occasion. 



" On our return to Oparre, the sea-breeze having 

 set in, we were obliged to land, and had a pleasant 

 walk through almost the whole extent of Tettaha to 

 Oparre. A tree, with two bundles of dried leaves 

 suspended upon it, marked the boundary of the two 

 districts. The man who had performed the cere- 

 mony of the stone and sling came with us. With 

 him Otoo's father had a long conversation. He 

 seemed very angry. I understood he was enraged 

 at the part Towha had taken in the Eimeo business." 



From what I can judge of this solemnity, as thus 

 described by Mr. King, it had not been wholly a 

 thanksgiving, as Omai told us, but rather a confirm- 

 ation of the treaty, or perhaps both. The grave, 

 which Mr. King speaks of, seems to be the very spot 

 where the celebration of the rites began, when the 



