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done, by chewing it in the same manner as at the 

 Friendly Islands. Kaireekeea then took part of the 

 kernel of a cocoa-nut, which he chewed, and wrap- 

 ping it in a piece of cloth, rubbed with it the 

 Captain's face, head, hands, arms, and shoulders. 

 The ava was then handed round, and after we had 

 tasted it, Koah and Pareea began to pull the flesh 

 of the hog in pieces, and to put it into our mouths. 

 I had no great objection to being fed by Pareea, who 

 was very cleanly in his person ; but Captain Cook, 

 who was served by Koah, recollecting the putrid 

 hog, could not swallow a morsel ; and his reluctance, 

 as may be supposed, was not diminished, when the 

 old man, according to his own mode of civility, had 

 chewed it for him. 



When this last ceremony was finished, which 

 Captain Cook put an end to as soon as he decently 

 could, we quitted the Morai, after distributing 

 amongst the people some pieces of iron and other 

 trifles, with which they seemed highly gratified. 

 The men with wands conducted us to the boats, 

 repeating the same words as before. The people 

 again retired, and the few that remained, prostrated 

 themselves as we passed along the shore. We im- 

 mediately went on board, our minds full of what we 

 had seen, and extremely well satisfied with the good 

 dispositions of our new friends. The meaning of 

 the various ceremonies, with which we had been 

 received, and which, on account of their novelty and 

 singularity, have been related at length, can only be 

 the subject of conjectures, and those uncertain and 

 partial : they were, however, without doubt, expres- 

 sive of high respect on the part of the natives ; and, 

 as far as related to the person of Captain Cook, they 

 seemed approaching to adoration. 



The next morning I went on shore with a guard 

 of eight marines, including the corporal and lieu- 

 tenant, having orders to erect the observatory in 

 such a situation as might best enable me to superin- 



