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»777' of thofe little houfes, or awnings, belonging to their large 

 ^_ "f " '_. canoes. Tcrhaps, it had originally been employed for that 

 purpofe. It was covered, and hung round, with cloth and 

 mats of difTerent colours, fo as to have a pretty efFe<51:. 

 There was one piece of fcarlci: broad-cloth, four or five 

 yards in length, confpicuous amongft the other ornaments; 

 ■which, no doubt, had been a prefent from the Spaniards. 

 This clotii, and a few taflels of feathers,, which our Gen- 

 tlemen fuppofed to be filk, fuggefled to them the idea of a 

 chapel ; for whatever elfe was wanting to create a refem- 

 blance, their imagination fupplicd ; and if they had not- 

 previoufly known, that there had been Spaniards lately 

 here, they could not poflibly have made the miftake. Small 

 offerings of fruit and roots feemed to be daily made at this 

 fhrine, as fome pieces were quite frefli. Thefe were depo- 

 fitcd upon a 'uhatta, or altar, which flood without the palli- 

 fades ; and within thefe we were not permitted to enter. Two 

 men conflantly attended, night and day, not only to watch 

 over the place, but alfo to drefs and undrcfs the toopapaoo. 

 For when I firft went to furvey if, the cloth and its appen- 

 dages were all rolled up ; but, at my requeft, the two at- 

 tendants hung it out in order, firft drefling themfelves in 

 clean white robes. They told me, that the Chief had been 

 dead twenty months. 



Having taken in a frcfli fupply of water, and finifhed all 

 Fridivzi. our other nccellkry operations, on the 22d, I brought oil' the 

 cattle and fliecp, which had been put on fliore here to graze y. 

 and made ready for fea. 



Saturday 23. In the moming of the 23d, while the fliips were unmoor- 

 ing, Omai and I landed, to take leave of the young Chief. 

 "While we were with him, one of thofe cnthufiaftic perfons, 

 J whom 



