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entertainment ; he sometimes conversed with me, 

 and then with his ministers, who could not refrain 

 from laughing at his conceits. He is fond of wine, 

 but does not indulge in it to excess ; and was al- 

 ways anxious to fill our glasses. After having 

 severally drank the health of all his guests, after 

 the English fashion ; he desired us to drink the 

 health of our emperor in a bumper ; and when 

 this was done, one of his ministers presented me 

 with a collar of coloured feathers, of admirable 

 workmanship, which the king had worn himself 

 on solemn days ; as, for example, in time of war. 

 He then said to me, through Cook, though he 

 speaks tolerably good English himself^ " I have 

 heard that your monarch is a great hero ; I love 

 him for it, because I am one myself; and I send 

 him this collar, as a testimony of my regard." After 

 we had dined, and left the house, the king was 

 very anxious tliat my rowers should be well enter- 

 tained ; he gave orders to this effect, to one of the 

 chiefs, and the table was immediately laid out 

 again. They were obliged to sit down, and were 

 served with the same attention as had been shown 

 us. The sailors were certainly never in their lives 

 treated with so much ceremony ; for each of them 

 had, like us, a Kanaka standing behind him, with a 

 tuft of feathers to drive away the flies. Tamaah- 

 maah*s first walk was to the moral ; he embraced 

 one of the statues, which was hung round more 

 than the others, with fruits and pieces of a sacri- 



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