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•way of fucceeding, before we left the place. I had brought, ^'777« 

 from the Friendly Iflands, feveral fhaddock trees. Thefe I v^ -^ .^ 

 alfo planted here ; and they can hardly fail of fuccefs, un- 

 lefs their growth Ihould be checked by the fame premature 

 curiofity, which deftroyed a vine planted by the Spaniards at 

 Oheitepeha. A number of the natives got together, to tafte the 

 firft fruit it bore ; but, as the grapes were ilill four, they con- 

 fidered it as little better than poifon, and it was unanimoufly 

 determined, to tread it under foot. In that ftate, Omai found 

 it by chance, and was overjoyed at the difcovery. For he had 

 a full confidence, that, if he had but grapes, he could eafily 

 make wine. Accordingly, he had feveral flips cut off from 

 the tree, to carry away with him ; and we pruned, and put 

 in order, the remains of it. Probably, grown wife by 

 Omai's inflrudtions, they may now fufFer the fruit to grow 

 to perfedlion, and not pafs fo hafly a fentence upon it 

 again. 



We had not been eight and forty hours at anchor in Ma- 

 tavai Bay, before we were vifited by all our old friends, 

 whofe names are recorded in the account of my lafl voyage. 

 Not one of them came empty handed ; fo that we had more 

 provifions than we knew what to do with. What was flill 

 more, we were under no apprehenfions of exhaufting the 

 ifland, which prefented to our eyes every mark of the mofl 

 exuberant plenty, in every article of refrefliment. 



Soon after our arrival here, one of the natives, whom the 

 Spaniards had carried with them to Lima, paid us a vifit ; 

 but, in his external appearance, he was not diftinguifliable 

 from the refl of his countrymen. However, he had not 

 foigot fome Spanifli words which he had acquired, thougli 

 he pronounced them badly. Amongfl: them, the moft fre- 

 quent were, fi Senmr ; and, when a flranger was introduced 



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