THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 15 



companies of both fhips had full allowance of it, that they >777- 

 might drink the healths of their female friends in England ; v—I^I-ly 

 left thefe, amongft the pretty girls of Otaheite, fhould be 

 wholly forgotten. 



The next day, we began fome necefTary operations; to Thurfdayn. 

 inrpe(5l the provifions that were in the main and fore hold; 

 to get the cafks of beef and pork, and the coals, out of the 

 ground tier ; and to put fome ballaft in their place. The 

 caulkers were fet to work to caulk the fliip, which fhe ftood 

 in great need of; having, at times, made much water on 

 our pafTage from the Friendly Klands. I alfo put on fliore 

 the l)ull, cows, horfcs. and (heep, and appointed two men 

 to look after them while grazing; for I did not intend to' 

 leave any of.them, at this part of the iflancl. 



During the two following days, it hardly ever ceafed rain- Friday i?. 

 ing. Tlic natives, neverthelefs, came to us from every saturJay 16. 

 quarter, the news of our arrival having rapidly fpread. 

 Wahciadooa, though at a diftance, had been informed of it; 

 and, in the afternoon of the i6th, a Chief, narned Etorea, 

 under whofe tutorage he was, brought me two hogs as a 

 prefent from him ; and acquainted me, that he himfelf 

 would be with us the day after. And fo it proved; for I 

 received a meflagc from him the next morning, notifying Si^nday 17. 

 his arrival, and deliring I would go afhore to meet him. Ac- 

 cordingly, Omai and I prepared to pay him a formal vific. 

 On this occafion, Omai, alFifted by fome of his friends, 

 drefled himfelf; not after the Englifla faflaion, nor that of 

 Otaheite, nor that of Tongataboo, nor in the drefs of any 

 country upon earth ; but in a flrange medley of all that he 

 was poilefled of. 



6 Thus 



