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I had forgot to mention, that Omai was prcfcnt at this fc- 

 cond day's ceremony, as well as myfelf ; but we were not 

 together ; nor did I know that he was there, till it was al- 

 moft over. He afterward told me, that, as foon as the 

 king faw that 1 had ftolen out from the plantation, he fent 

 feveral people, one after another, to delire me to come back. 

 Probably, thefe mefTcngcrs were not admitted to the place 

 where I was ; for I faw nothing of them. At lall, intelli- 

 gence was brought to the Chief, that I had actually ftrip- 

 ped, in conformity to their cuftom ; and then he told Omai, 

 that he might be prefent alfo, if he would comply with all 

 the neceflary forms. Omai had no objedlion, as nothing 

 was required of him, but to conform to the cuftom of his 

 own country. Accordingly, he was furniQicd with a proper 

 drefs, and appeared at the ceremony as one of the natives. 

 It is likely, that one reafon of our being excluded at firft, 

 was an apprehenfion, that we would not fubrait to the re- 

 quiiitcs to qualify us to aflift. 



While I was attending the Natche at Mooa, I ordered the "^ 

 horfes, bull and cow, and goats, to be brought thither ; 

 thinking that they would be fafer there, under the eyes of 

 the Chiefs, than at a place that would be, in a manner, de- 

 ferted, the moment after our departure. Beiidcs the above- 

 mentioned animals, we left, with our friends here, a young 

 boar, and three young fows, of the Englifh breed. They 

 were exceedingly defirous of them, judging, no doubt, that 

 they would greatly improve their own breed, which is ra- 

 ther fmall. Fcenou alfo got from us two rabbits, a buck 

 and a doe ; and, before we foiled, we were told, that young 

 ones had been already produced. If the cattle fuccecd, of 

 which I make no doubt, it will be a vaft acquifition to thefe 



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