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'779- daughter-in-law, and had fought a battle with the oppofitc 

 party, in which Taheeterree was worried. We afterward 

 underflood, that matters had been compromifed, and that 

 Taheeterree is to have the pofleflion of the three neigh- 

 bouring iflands during his life ; that Teewarro is acknow- 

 ledged the Chief of Mowee, and will alfo fucceed to the 

 kingdom of Owhyhce on the death of Terrecoboo ; and alfo 

 to the fovereignty of the three iflands, contiguous to Mowee, 

 on the death of Taheeterree. Teewarro has been lately 

 married to his half fitter; and mould he die without ifTue, 

 the government of thefe iflands defcends to Maiha maiha, 

 whom we have often had occafion to mention, he being the 

 fon of Kaihooa, the deceafed brother of Terreeoboo. Should 

 he alfo die without ifTue, they could not tell who would fuc- 

 ceed ; for the two youngefl fons of Terreeoboo, one of whom 

 he appears to be exceedingly fond of, being born of a wo- 

 man of no rank, would, from this circumftance, be debarred 

 all right of fucceffion. We had not an opportunity of fee- 

 ing queen Rora-rora, whom Terreeoboo had left behind at 

 Mowee ; but we have already had occafion to take notice, 

 that he was accompanied by Kanee Kaberaia, the mother 

 of the two youths, to whom he was very much attached. 



From this account of the genealogy of the Owhyhee and 

 Mowee monarchs, it is pretty clear that the government is 

 hereditary ; which alfo makes it very probable, that the in- 

 ferior titles, and property itfelf, defcend in the fame courfe. 

 With regard to Perreeorannee, we could only learn, that he 

 is an Eree Taboo ; that he was invading the pofTeflion of Ta- 

 heeterree, but on what pretence we were not informed > 

 and that*his grandfons governed the iflands to leeward. 



The power of the Erees over the inferior clafTes of people 

 appears to be very abfolute. Many inflanccs of this oc- 

 curred 



