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A VOYAGE TO 



'77:- fend worth his Majefty's acceptance. I was not a little 

 vJ^-*^- '' pleafed with Otoo, for this mark of his gratitude. It was a 

 thought entirely his own, not one of us having given him 

 the lead hint about it; and it flicwed, that he fully under- 

 ftood to whom he was indebted for the moil valuable pre- 

 fents that he had received. At firft, I thought, that this ca- 

 noe had been a model of one of their veffcls of war; but I 

 foon found, that it v^as a fmall ivabah, about fixteen feet 

 long. It was double, and feemed to have been built for the 

 purpofe ; and was decorated with all thofe pieces of carved 

 work, which they ufually fix upon their canoes. As it was 

 too large for mc to take on board, I could only thank him 

 for his good intention ; but it would have pleafed him much 

 better, if his prefent could have been accepted. 



We were detained here fome days longer than I expelled, 

 by light breezes from the Weft, and calms by turns ; fo that 

 we could not get out of the bay. During this time, the 

 ihips were crowded with our friends, and furrounded by a 

 multitude of canoes ; for not one would leave the place, till 

 we were gone. At length, at three o'clock in the afternoon 

 Monday 79. of tlic 29th, the wiud Came at Eaft, and we weighed anchor. 



As foon as the fliips were under fail, at the requeft of Otoo, 

 and to gratify the curiofity of his people, I fucd feven guns, 

 loaded with ihot; after whicli, all our friends, except him, 

 and two or three more, left us with fuch marks of aflcdtion 

 and grict, as fufficientiy Ihcwed how much they regretted 

 our departure. Otoo being dcfirous of feeing the Ihip fail, 

 I made a ftretch out to fea, and then in again ; when he alio 

 bid u'i tarewell, and went alhorc in his canoe. 



The frequent vifits we had lately paid to this ifland, feeni 

 to have created a full perfuafion, that the intercourfe will 

 iiui be difcontinucd. It was fl.rii!:liy enjoined to mc by Otoo, 



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