i6 A. VOYAGETO 



1777- Thus equipped, on our landing, we firft vifued Etary; 



i^tllJ^ who, carried on a hand-barrow, attended us to a large 

 houfc, where he was fet down; and we feated ourfelvcs on 

 each (ide of him. I caufed a piece of Tongataboo cloth to 

 be fpread out before us, on which'I laid the prefents I in- 

 ' tended to make. Prefently tlie young Chief came, attended 

 . by his mo;her, and feveral principal men, who all feated 

 themfelves, at the other end of the cloth, facing us. Then 

 a man, who fat by mc, made a fpcech, confiding of fliort and 

 feparate fentences ; part of which was didated by thofe 

 about him. He was anfwered by one from the oppofite 

 fide, near the Chief. Etary fpoke next; then Omai; and 

 both of them were anfwered from the fame quarter. Thefe 

 orations were entirely about my arrival, and connefcions 

 with them. Tlie perfon who fpoke lad, told me, amongft 

 other things, that the men of Reema, that is, the Spaniards, 

 had defired them not to fuiTer mc to come into Oheitepeha 

 Bay, if I Ihould return any more to the illand, for that it 

 belonged to them ; but that they were fo far from paying 

 any regard to this requcft, that he was authorized now to 

 make a formal furrender of the province of Tiaraboo to me, 

 and of every thing in it; which marks very plainly, that 

 thefe people are no ilrangers to the policy of accommodating 

 themfelves to prcfent circumftances. At length, the young 

 Chief was direfled, by his attendants, to come and em- 

 brace me ; and, by way of confirming this treaty of friend- 

 Ihip, we excliangcd names. The ceremony being clofcd, 

 he and his friends accompanied me on board to dinner. 



Omai had prepared a viaryy compofed of red and yellow 

 feathers, which he intended forOtoo, the king of the whole 

 illand ; and, conlidcring where we were, it was a prcfent 



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