AlO 



i 



R E MA R KS 



O N 



T II E 



MAKKERs eagerneis, 



ng 



It a 



o 



f occupation necefiary for -their 



t 



exiftence ; they lilce them roam over the fert 



plains of their ifi 



queft of youth and beauty, and employ all the arts and guiles 



6 



k 



d countries, in 



der to debauch the 



y 



we Tailed from O-TAirEiTEE 



to 



a female of 



young females. 



HuAHEiNE and Raietea in the year 1774 



the laft mentioned ifland embarked with us at Taheitee i^n order 



tn remrn to her native ifland. When we approached Raietea, flie 



became very apprehenfive, and told me 



ai 



peded to be beaten 



'^y 



her father and mother, having been 



very naughty 



and 



run 



ay 



f 



1 



them about a year and a half befor 



with 



a young 



N 



Arreeoy o 



f 



of 



efs, v^dio afterwards negleded 



her : * (he was at T 



the family of T 



an d 



g 



her 



hood by working at the 



taha's mother, 

 fad:ory of the 



Taheitean cloth, and at the fame time ferved "for the gratificati 

 of -the young men 3 in which profeffion Ihe likewife attended c 



; and having on her return made her peace with her paren 



* 



fliip; 



jQie took a trip 



0-Taha, when the Arreoys 



moved 



that 



iland 



t 



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' * Capt, Cookfccmstoliave cxprefTed.h'imfelfm fuch a manner, that his readers muft 

 xinderttand that this girl was a native of O-Taheitcc, and had 'run avvay from her parents in _ 

 ourfliip- which cauld not be the cafe, fmce both her parents lived at Raietea ; and though 

 the clrcunftance happened. si related, It is equally probable, that her countrymen aimed 

 ;t-ilrokc of fatire at her for running away with an .rreeoy. , See Cook's Voyage, p. 35^. 



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