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bull, nor any of the flieep, till he fliould get a flock of young '7"'7- 



ones; which he might then difpofe of to his friends, and — -# 



fend to the neighbouring iflands. 



This being fettled, we left Etary and his party to ru- 

 minate upon their folly, and attended Otoo to another place, 

 hard by, where wc found the fervants of a Chief, whofe 

 name I forgot to aflc, waiting with a hog, a pig, and a dog, 

 as a prefent from their mafter to the fovereign. Thefe were 

 delivered with the ufual ceremonies, and with an harangue 

 in form, in which the fpeakcr, in his mafter's name, en- 

 quired after the health of Otoo, and of all tlie principal 

 people about him. This compliment was echoed back in 

 the name of Otoo, by one of his miniflers ; and then the 

 difputc with Eimco was difcufled, with many arguments for 

 and againft it. The deputies of this Chief were for profccut- 

 ing the war with vigour, and advifed Otoo to offer a human 

 f acrifice. On the other hand, a Chief, who was in conftant at- 

 tendance on Otoo's pcrfon, oppofcd it, feemingly, with great 

 flrength of argument. This confirmed me in the opinion, 

 that Otoo himfelf never entered heartily into the fpirit of 

 this war. He now received repeated mefl'agcs from Towha, 

 flrongly foliciting him to haften to his afliftance. We were 

 told, that his fleet was, in a manner, furrounded by that of 

 Maheine ; but that neither the one, nor the other, durfl 

 hazard an engagement. 



After dining with Otoo, we returned to Matavai, leaving 

 him at Oparre. This day, and alfo the 19th, we were very Friday 19. 

 fparingly fupplied with fruit. Otoo hearing of this, he and 

 his brother, who had attached himfelf to Captain Gierke, 

 came from Oparre, between nine and ten o'clock in the 

 evening, with a large fupply for both fliips. This marked 

 his humane attention more flrongly, than any thing he had 



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