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theirs in the same oven with the hog, while others 

 carried off, undressed, what had come to their share. 

 There was also a large pudding, the whole process in 

 making which I saw. It was composed of bread- 

 fruit, ripe plantains, taro, and palm or pandanus 

 nuts, each rasped, scraped, or beat up fine, and baked 

 by itself. A quantity of juice, expressed from cocoa- 

 nut kernels, was put into a large tray, or wooden 

 vessel. The other articles, hot from the oven, were 

 deposited in this vessel ; and a few hot stones were 

 also put in, to make the contents simmer. Three or 

 four men made use of sticks to stir the several ingre- 

 dients, till they were incorporated one with another, 

 and the juice of the cocoa-nut was turned to oil ; so 

 that the whole mass, at last, became of the consist- 

 ency of a hasty-pudding. Some of these puddings 

 are excellent ; and few that we make in England 

 equal them. I seldom, or never dined without one, 

 when I could get it , which was not always the case. 

 Otoo's hog being baked, and the pudding, which I 

 have described, being made, they, together with two 

 living hogs, and a quantity of bread-fruit and cocoa- 

 nuts were put into a canoe, and sent on board my 

 ship, followed by myself, and all the royal family. 



The following evening, a young ram of the Cape 

 breed, that had been lambed, and, with great care, 

 brought up on board the ship, was killed by a dog. 

 Incidents are of more or less consequence, as con- 

 nected with situation. In our present situation, de- 

 sirous as I was to propagate this useful race amongst 

 these islands, the loss of the ram was a serious mis- 

 fortune ; as it was the only one I had of that breed ; 

 and I had only one of the English breed left. 



In the evening of the 7th, we played off some fire- 

 works before a great concourse of people. Some 

 were highly entertained with the exhibition ; but by 

 far the greater number of spectators were terribly 

 frightened ; insomuch that it was with difficulty we 

 could prevail upon them to keep together to see the 



