VISIT TO QUEEN NOMAHANNA. 205 



gents, to another wife of Tameamea, named No- 

 mahanna, conjointly with a Yeri called Chinau. 



On the morning after our arrival, I rowed 

 ashore with some of my officers, to pay my 

 respects to the Queen Nomahanna, and on land- 

 ing was met by the Spaniard Marini, who ac- 

 companied us to her Majesty as interpreter. 

 On the way I was recognised by several old 

 friends, with whom I had become acquainted 

 on my former visit. They saluted me with a 

 friendly " Aroha.'''' I cannot say there was much 

 room for compliment on any visible improve- 

 meftt in their costume ; for they still wore with 

 much self-complacency some ill-assorted por- 

 tions of European attire. 



The residence of Nomahanna lay near the 

 fortress on the sea-shore: it was a pretty little 

 wooden house of two stories, built in the Euro- 

 pean style, with handsome large windows, and 

 a balcony very neatly painted. We were re- 

 ceived on the stairs by Chinau, the governor of 

 Wahu, in a curious dishabille. He could hardly 

 walk from the confinement his feet suffered in 

 a pair of fisherman's shoes, and his red cloth 



