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soon after heard music, and saw lights at a little dis- 

 tance on shore : this was a concert or assembly, 

 which they call a Heiva, a common name for every 

 public exhibition ; and as it would necessarily bring 

 many people together, and there was a chance of my 

 being among them with his other friends, he rose, 

 and made the best of his way towards it : he was 

 soon led by the lights and the sound to the hut 

 where I lay, with three other gentlemen of our party; 

 and easily distinguishing us from the rest, he made 

 up to us more than half naked, and told us his me- 

 lancholy story. We gave him such comfort as the 

 unfortunate generally give to each other, by telling 

 him that we were fellow- sufferers ; I showed him 

 that I was myself without stockings, they having 

 been stolen from under my head, though I was sure 

 1 had never been asleep, and each of my associates 

 convinced him, by his appearance, that he had lost 

 a jacket. We determined, however, to hear out the 

 concert, however deficient we might appear in our 

 dress ; it consisted of three drums, four flutes, and 

 several voices : when this entertainment, which last- 

 ed about an hour, was over, we retired again to our 

 sleeping-places ; having agreed, that nothing could 

 be done toward the recovery of our things till the 

 morning. 



We rose at day-break, according to the custom of 

 the country : the first man that Mr. Banks saw was 

 Tupia, faithfully attending with his musket ; and 

 soon after, Oberea brought him some of her country 

 clothes, as a succedaneum for his own, so that when 

 he came to us he made a most motley appearance, 

 half Indian and half English. Our party soon got 

 together, except Dr. Solander, whose quarters we did 

 not know, and who had not assisted at the concert : 

 in a short time Tootahah made his appearance, and 

 we pressed him to recover our clothes ; but neither 

 he nor Oberea could be persuaded to take any 

 measure for that purpose, so that we began to sus- 



