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Queen ; but as foon as fhe perceived him, (he 

 made him approach, and prefented him her 

 right foot; he immediately took it, and put it 

 on the back of his head, making a low bow, 

 by way of Ihewing her Majefly a mark of the 

 refpecl which he owed her. He did not dare 

 to rcfufe her thefe honours; yet he appeared to 

 us to be exceedingly hurt on the occafion. The 

 Admiral had juft made him a prefent of feveral 

 iron inflruments; and we faw, with pleafure, 

 that he feemed to know the value of this metal, 

 by giving ic a very decided preference to the 

 volcanic Rones, and the bones of which the 

 greater part of the hatchets of thefe iflanders 

 are made. 



We afterwards had a vifit from different 

 chiefs, v/ho repeated what feveral others had 

 already explained to us refpedling the reigning 

 family. For this purpofc they made ufe of 

 playing cards, which we procured them : firft 

 they placed them on a table, they then alFigned 

 to each the name of one of the perfons of this 

 family; and it appeared to us, as it had done to 

 Captaiii Cook, that it had a particular name, 

 that of Fnttafuihe, v"hich the fon of Poulabo at 

 prefent bears, for Poulaho's father was called 

 Faibciihntou ; the latter married a woman named 

 Fooi-ru Noiiy b}' Vvhom he had four children; 

 naniely, two boys, the one called Foa/aho, w ao 



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