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young girls, firft with their feet, and often by 

 putting one of their hands on the oppciite arm. 



We took the words of this tune apou lelley, 

 (agreeable evening) foracomplimentonthcpart 

 ofthcfeiflanders, who were congratulating them- 

 felves on fpending the evening in cur company. 



The Q;^:cen tafted the different dilhes which 

 Ave offeree! her; but flie gave a decided pre- 

 ference to bananas preferved in fugar. Our 

 fteward fl:ood behind her, and was waiting for 

 the moment to take away; but flic faved him 

 the trouble, by keeping for herfelf the plate 

 and the napkin. 



Tineh was very tenacious of the honours which 

 the chiefs did not dare to refufe her when they 

 met her; accordingly fome avoided being in 

 her prefence. Fcenoii, and the King's brother 

 Toobou^ were on board, andhadjuft promifed 

 to Hay and dine v.ith us when flie came along- 

 i:xd.t; they immediately urged us not to let her 

 come upon the quarter-deck : however, flic 

 foon made her appearance there, and v/c fav/ 

 ihafe iv.o chiefs precipitarcly retreat into their 

 canoes \ f n- they would have been obliged, as, 

 feveral of the inhabitants aiiured us, to come 

 and take hold of lier right foot, and very refpecl- 

 fully incline their heads towards it, as an ac- 

 knovvledgmcnt of th^ir inferiority. This Queen 

 informed us with an air of fatisfacUon, that 

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