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King Toolou even was compelled to pay her 

 thefe marks of refpecft, becaufe it was from her 

 that he held his dignity. 



After having told us that fhe intended to 

 live in the Ifland of Pangaimatoo as long as we 

 fhould ftay in this roadflead, fhe invited the 

 Admiral to take up his relidence on fhore, and 

 to fleep in her habitation. I do not imagine 

 that this old Queen had any other view than to 

 procure him an abode more agreeable and more 

 falubrious than that of the fhip; but the Ad- 

 miral had no opportunity of appreciating juftly 

 the motive of thefe obliging offers ; for he did 

 not accept the invitation. 



One of our failors held in his hand a piece of 

 boiled fait pork, which Feogo, one of TineJfs 

 Ladies in waiting-, feemcd to lonp- to tafle : he 

 offered it to her, and ihe received it with gra- 

 titude ; bur, not daring to take the liberty to 

 eat in the prefencc of the Queen, the latter had 

 the condefcenlion to go and fit down about 

 twelve yards farther off, in order that her at- 

 tendant might be at a diftance from her; but 

 before fhe quitted her place, flie received from 

 this young girl the fame marks of refped: as 

 the other natives had already paid her in our 

 prefence. 



Two hours before fun-fct, Tinch exprefTed a 

 wifli to return to the Ifland of Pangaimatoo ; 



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