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it never happened to come into my mind. But on 

 the first of May Tootahah coming on board about 

 ten o'clock in the forenoon, expressed a great curio- 

 sity to see the contents of every chest and drawer 

 that was in my cabin : as I always made a point of 

 gratifying him, I opened them immediately ; and 

 having taken a fancy to many things that he saw, 

 and collected them together, he at last happened to 

 cast his eye upon this adze : he instantly snatched it 

 up with the greatest eagerness, and putting away 

 every thing which he had before selected, he asked 

 me whether I would let him have that : I readily 

 consented ; and, as if he was afraid I should repent, 

 he carried it off immediately in a transport of joy, 

 without making' any other request, which, whatever 

 had been our liberality, was seldom the case. 



About noon, a chief, who had dined with me a 

 few days before, accompanied by some of his women, 

 came on board alone : I had observed that he was 

 fed by his women, but I made no doubt that upon 

 occasion he would condescend to feed himself: in. 

 this, however, I found myself mistaken. When my 

 noble guest was seated, and the dinner upon the 

 table, I helped him to some victuals : as I observed 

 that he did not immediately begin his meal, I pressed 

 him to eat ; but he still continued to sit motionless 

 like a statue, without attempting to put a single mor- 

 sel into his mouth, and would certainly have gone 

 v^ithout his dinner, if one of the servants had not fed 

 him. 



