THE PACIFIC OCEAN. /^ 



buried in one hole, at the foot of the pile. This, Omai, who September, 

 was prefent, told tne, was done the day after the battle, 

 with much pomp and ceremony, and in the midfl: of a great 

 concourfe of people, as a thankfgiving offering to the Ea- 

 tooa, for the vi(5lory they had obtained ; while the van- 

 quifhed had taken refuge in the mountains. There they 

 remained a week, or ten days, till the fury of the vicflors 

 was over, and a treaty fet on foot, by which it was agreed, 

 that Otoo fhould be declared king of the whole ifland ; and 

 the folemnity of invefling him with the maro^ was per- 

 formed at the fame 7norai, with great pomp, in the prefence 

 of all the principal men of the country. 



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