in the air, and whidi \V^as faftendd to the infliru- 

 ment by means of a Ibflg rtring." We were ad- 

 miring her dexterity' when Fut'tafaihe, mad with 

 jealoufy at feeing in her pbfleflion-fome prefents 

 which flie had received frorn an ofilicei- of our 

 ihip. treated her very harflily ; and although his 

 fufpicions were ill founded, fhe had coniidcrable 

 difficulty in undeceiving him. This chief was 

 with his fiithfr-in-law. We rriade them a few 

 prefents, and at that monient th6 fon of King 

 7oo^ arrived : they inftantly concealed them 

 in their girdle; but Toobou perceived them, and 

 prefentiy we had a frefh proof that if the royal 

 family enjoy ^ the honorary rights of fovereignty, 

 ToohoH^s family have all the profit. Tmhou, thruft 

 his hand into the girdle of thefe two chiefs, 

 and laid hold of every thing that they had juH 

 received. Futtafa'ihe had no other means of re- 

 venge than to prevent him from eating in his 

 prefence, to hinder him from fitting down be- 

 lide him, and to put his foot on his headj ac- 

 cordingly he held it out to him fhortly after, 

 ;^d Toohoii paid him all the honours due to per- 

 fons of fuperior rank. 



We had feveral times feen the chiefs openly 

 take polTefTion of the property belonging to the 

 people; and we always remarl:ed, with altonifh- 

 ment, that this kind of oppreflion did not in 

 the fmalleft degree leffen the unalterable gaiety 



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