140 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



Notvvithftanding the prefenceof the Admiral, 

 it was not long before the King fell ;ifleep, and 

 fnored very loud, being feared w^th h.s lers 

 acrofs, and having his head hanging ^1o\vn quire 

 clofe to his knees. As foon as he awcikCj tve 

 fhewed him a draving reprefenting a cow ; and 

 afked him if that which had been given by Cook 

 to King Poulaho had bred. He perfedlly recoI.> 

 ledted this quadruped, which he called hoakka 

 Tootee ; and told us that there vvere forne at Ha- 

 paee, but none at Tongataboo. Yet federal na- 

 tives alTured us, at the fame time, imitating to- 

 lerably well the lowing of thofe anim.als, that 

 there were fome at Tongataboo ; but manv others 

 contradicted this fact, fo thaf we were not able 

 to learn what are become oi the bull and the 

 cow which Captain Cook ha.i left on this ifland. 

 It was the fame with refpecl to the horfe and 

 the mare which he had given to Fcenou. Per- 

 haps they were afraid that we Ihould afk them 

 for fome of thefe quadrupeds. 



We quitted the aifembly, to proceed to the 

 eaftward, afcending a gentle acclivity : at fir (l 

 we followed roads lined with palifades; thefe 

 we foon left, in order to crofs fields of yams 

 which were in full bearing: farther on, the 

 ground, which was newly turned up, exhibited 

 every appearance of fertility. 



Prefently 



