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CHAP. II. 



Interview with Oioo, King of the Ijla7id. — Imprudent Con- 

 diiEi of Omai. — Rmpluyments on Shore, — Riiropcaii Am- 

 mak landed. — Particulars about a Native who had vi- 

 fited Lima. — About Oedidee. — A Revolt in Eimeo. — 

 War with that Ifland determined upon, in a Council of 

 Chiefs. — A human Sacrifice on that Account, — A par- 

 ticular Relation of the Ceremonies at the great Morale, 

 where the Sacrifice was offered. — Other barbarous Cuf- 

 toms of this People. 



ABOUT nine o'clock in the morning, Otoo, the King 1777. 

 of the whole ifland, attended by a great number of . "^" ' , 

 canoes full of people, came from Oparre, his place of re- Sunday 24. 

 fidence, and having landed on Matavai Point, fcnt a mef- 

 fage on board, expreffing his defu'e to fee me there. Ac- 

 cordingly I landed, accompanied by Omai, and fome of 

 the officers. We found a prodigious number of people af- 

 fembled on this occafion, and in the midft of them was the 

 Icing, attended by his father, his two brothers, and three 

 Cftcrs. I went up, firll;, andfalutedhim, being followed by 

 Omai, who kneeled and embraced his legs. He had prepared 

 himfelf for this cere^nony, by dreffing himfelf in his very 

 belt fuit of clothes, and behaved with a great deal of refpedt 



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