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CHAP. VI. 



ARRIVAL AT HUAHEINE. COUNCIL OF THE CHIEFS. OMAl S 



OFFERINGS, AND SPEECH TO THE CHIEFS. HIS ESTAB- 

 LISHMENT IN THIS ISLAND AGREED TO. A HOUSE BUILT, 



AND GARDEN PLANTED FOR HIM. SINGULARITY OF HIS 



SITUATION MEASURES TAKEN TO INSURE HIS SAFETY. 



DAMAGE DONE BY COCK-ROACHES, ON BOARD THE SHIPS. 

 A THIEF DETECTED AND PUNISHED. FIRE-WORKS EX- 

 HIBITED. ANIMALS LEFT WITH OMAI. HIS FAMILY. 



WEAPONS. INSCRIPTIONS ON HIS HOUSE. HIS BEHA- 

 VIOUR ON THE SHIP'S LEAVING THE ISLAND. SUMMARY 



VIEW OF HIS CONDUCT AND CHARACTER. ACCOUNT OF 

 THE TWO NEW ZEALAND YOUTHS. 



Having left Eimeo, with a gentle breeze and fine 

 weather, at day-break the next morning we saw 

 Huaheine, extending from south-west by west, half 

 west, to west by north. At noon we anchored at the 

 north entrance of Owharre harbour*, which is on the 

 w r est side of the island. The whole afternoon was 

 spent in warping the ships into a proper birth, and 

 mooring. Omai entered the harbour just before us, 

 in his canoe, but did not land. Nor did he take much 

 notice of any of his countrymen, though many 

 crowded to see him ; but far more of them came off 

 to the ships, insomuch that we could hardly work on 

 account of their numbers. Our passengers presently 

 acquainted them with what we had done at Eimeo, 

 and multiplied the number of houses and canoes that 

 we had destroyed, by ten at least. I was not sorry 

 for this exaggerated account ; as I saw that it made 

 a great impression upon all who heard it ; so that I 

 had hopes it would induce the inhabitants of this island 



* See a plan of this harbour in Hawkesworth's Collection, vol. 

 ii. p. 248. 



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