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was called Toobou. Both he and Mareewagee had a 

 venerable appearance. The latter is a slender man, and 

 from his appearance seems to be considerably above three- 

 score years of age. The former is rather corpulent, and 

 almost blind with a disorder in his eyes, though not so old. 



" We entertained them for about an hour with the per- 

 formance of two French horns and a drum. But they 

 seemed most pleased with the firing of a pistol which 

 Captain Clerke had in his pocket. Before I took my leave, 

 the large piece of cloth was rolled up, and with a few 

 cocoa-nuts presented to me. 



" Towards noon, Poulaho returned from the place where 

 we had left him two days before, and brought with him 

 his son, a youth about twelve years of age. I had his 

 company at dinner ; but the son, though present, was not 

 allowed to sit down with him. It was very convenient to 

 have him for my guest. For, when he was present, which 

 was generally the case while we staid here, every other 

 native was excluded from the table ; and but few of them 

 would remain in the cabin. The king was very soon 

 reconciled to our manner of cookery. But still, I believe 

 he dined thus frequently with me, more for the sake of 

 what we gave him to drink, than for what we set before him 

 to eat ; for he had taken a liking to our wine, could empty 

 his bottle as well as most men, and was as cheerful over it. 



" Having visited Toobou, and interchanged presents with 

 him, soon after Feenou came and acquainted me that young 

 Fattafaihe, Poulaho's son, desired to see me. I obeyed the 

 summons, and found the prince and Omai sitting under a 

 large canopy of the finer sort of Tloth, with a piece of the 

 coarser sort spread under them and before them that was 

 seventy-six yards long and seven and a half broad. On one 

 side was a large old boar, and on the other side a heap of 

 cocoa-nuts. A number of people were seated round the 

 cloth ; and amongst them I observed Mareewagee and 

 others of the first rank. I was desired to sit down by the 

 prince, and then Omai informed me that he had been 

 instructed by the king to tell me, that as he and I were 

 friends, he hoped that his son might be joined in this friend- 

 ship ; and that, as a token of my consent, I would accept 

 of his present. I very readily agreed to the proposal ; and 

 it being now dinner-time, I invited them all on board. 



" Accordingly, the young prince, Mareewagee, Toobou, 

 three or four inferior chiefs, and two respectable old ladies 

 of the first rank, accompanied me. Mareewagee was 

 dressed in a new piece of cloth, on the skirts of which were 

 fixed six pretty large patches of red feathers. This dress 

 seemed to have been made on purpose for this visit, for as 



