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the relationship which exists between the reigning 

 family and Otoo, who was king of the larger penin- 

 sula at the period of Captain Cook's last visit. *\a26.' 



Otoo, after Cook's departure, was surnamed Po- 

 marree, from a hoarseness that succeeded a sore 

 throat which he caught in the mountains, and this 

 afterwards became the royal patronymic. His son, 

 Pomarree II., who was a child at that period, suc- 

 ceeded him in 1803, and reigned until December, 

 1821, when, having effected many most important 

 changes in the customs of the island, and having, 

 under the zealous exertions of the missionaries, con- 

 verted the chief part of the population to Christian- 

 ity, he expired in a fit of apoplexy, accelerated, no 

 doubt, by frequent excesses. Of this man it may be 

 lamented that his exertions in the cause of Chris- 

 tianity were not seconded in the fullest extent by a 

 rigid adherence to its precepts in his own person. 

 He had two wives, or rather a wife and a mistress, 

 who were sisters, named Terre-moe-moe, and Po- 

 marree Waheine. This woman, daughter of the 

 King of Ulietea, had been sent for from Huaheine 

 to be married to the king, but being accompanied 

 by her sister, Terre-moe-moe, who was very superior 

 in personal attractions, the latter captivated his 

 majesty at first sight, and received the honour of 

 his hand, while Pomarree Waheine was retained in 

 the more humble capacity of mistress. Each sister 

 bore a child, Terre-moe-moe giving birth to Pomar- 

 ree III., and the mistress presenting him with a 

 daughter named Aimatta, the present queen. Po- 

 marree III. was only six years old at the time we 

 arrived, and the regency was administered by his 

 aunt Pomarree Waheine, who I suppose was con- 



