CHAPTER VI 
OTAHITE TO OHETEROA 
JuLty 13—Aveust 14, 1769 
Departure from Otahite—Huahine—Ulhietea—God-houses—Boats and boat- 
houses—Otahah—Bola-Bola—Return to Ulhietea—Reception by natives 
—Dancing—Pearls—The King of Bola-Bola—Native drama—Oheteroa 
—Dress—Arms. 
13th July. About ten this morning we sailed from Otahite, 
leaving our friends, some of them at least, I really believe, 
personally sorry for our departure. Our nearest friends 
came on board at this critical time, except only Tubourai 
and Tamio; we had Oborea, Otheothea, Taysa, Nuna, Tuanne, 
Matte, Pottatow, Polothearia, etc, on board. When the 
anchor was weighed they took their leaves tenderly enough, 
not without plenty of tears, though entirely without that 
clamorous weeping made use of by the other Indians, several 
boats of which were about the ship, shouting out their lament- 
ations, as vying with each other, not who should cry most, 
but who should cry loudest, a custom we had often con- 
demned in conversation with our particular friends, as 
savouring more of affected than real grief. 
Tupia, who after all his struggles stood firm at last in 
his resolution of accompanying us, parted with a few heart- 
felt tears, so I judge them to have been by the efforts I saw 
him make to hide them. He sent by Otheothea his last 
present, a shirt, to Potamia, Dootahah’s favourite; he and I 
went then to the topmast-head, where we stood a long time 
waving to the canoes as they went off, after which he came 
down and showed no further signs of seriousness or concern. 
