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 &quot; Aroha&quot; I cannot say there was much 

 room for compliment on any visible improver 

 ment 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 



