T H E P A C I F I C O C E A N. 231 



Tuel'dav 6. 



On the 6th, we were vifired bv a great Chief from Tonffa- ^777- 



^ .<-> <-> May. 



taboo, whofe name was Feenou, and whom Taipa was 

 pleafed to introduce to us as King of all the Friendly liles. 

 I' was now told, that, on my arrival, a canoe had been dif- 

 patched to Tongataboo with the news ; in confequence of 

 which, this Chief immediately palTed over to Annamooka, 

 The Officer on fhore informed me, that when he firft ar- 

 rived, all the natives were ordered out to meet him, and 

 paid their obeifance by bowing their heads "as low as his 

 feet, the foles of which they alfo touched with each hand, 

 firft with the palm, and then with the back part. There 

 could be little room to fufpe<5l that a perfon, received with- 

 fo much refpect, could be any thing lefs than the King. 



In the afternoon, I went to pay this great man a vifit, hav- 

 ing firft received a prefent of two fi(h from him, brought 

 on board by one of his fervants. As foon as I landed, he 

 came up to me. He appeared to be about thirty years of 

 age, tall, but thin, and had more of the European features, 

 than any I had yet feen here. When the firft falutation was 

 over, I afked if he was the King. For, notwithftanding 

 what I had been told, finding he was not the man whom I 

 remembered to have feen under that character during" my 

 former voyage, I began to entertain doubts. Taipa offici- 

 ouily anfvvered for- him, and enumerated no lefs than one 

 hundred and fifty-three iflands, of v;hich, he faid, Feenou- 

 was the Sovereign. After a fliort ftay, our nev/ vifiter, and 

 five or fix of his attendants, accompanied me on board. I 

 gave fuitable prefents to them all, and entertained them iai 

 fuch a manner, as I thought would be moft agreeable. 



In the evening, I attended them on fliore in my boat, into • 

 v/hich the Chief ordered three hogs to be put, as a return. 



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