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countrymen ; and that, befides the two horfcs which were q\1^^\ 

 to remain with him, feveral other new and valuable ani- 

 mals had been left at Otaheite, which would foon multiply, 

 and furnifii a fufficient number for the ufe of all the ilUnds 

 in the neighbourhood. He then fignified to them, that it 

 was my earneft requeft, in return for all my friendly offices, 

 that they would give him a piece of land, to build a houfe 

 upon, and to raife provifions for himfelf and fervants ; add- 

 ing, that, if this could not be obtained for him in Huaheine, 

 either by gift or by purchafc, I was determined to carry him 

 toUlietea, and fix him there." 



Perhaps I have here made a better fpeech for my friend, 

 than he actually delivered ; but thefe were the topics I dic- 

 tated to him. I obferved, that what he concluded with, 

 about carrying him to Ulietea, feemed to meet with the ap- 

 probation of all the Chiefs ; and I in^iantly faw the reafon. 

 Omai had, as I have already mentioned, vainly flattered 

 himfelf, that I meant to ufe force in reftoring him to hi:> 

 father's lands in Ulietea, and he had talked idly, and with- 

 out any authority from me, on this fubjc(5f, to fome of the 

 prefent aflembly; who dreamed of nothing lefs than a hof- 

 tile invafion of Ulietea, and of being affifted by me to drive 

 the Bolabola men out of that ifland. It was of confcquence, 

 therefore, that I fliould undeceive them ; and, in order to^ 

 this, I fignified, in the moft peremptory manner, that I nei- 

 ther would affift them in fuch an enterprize, nor fuller it to 

 be put in execution, while I was in their feas ; and that, if 

 Omai fixed himfelf in Ulietea, he muft be introduced as a 

 friend, and not forced upon the Rolabola men as their 

 conqueror. 



This declaration gave a new turn to the fentiments of the 

 council One of the Chiefs immediately exprcfTcd himfelf 



