86 A V O Y A G E T O T II E 



CHAP. V. 



Co7ttinuatmi of TranfaSiions ut Omehow. — Method of fall- 

 ing Pork in tropical Climates. — Departure from Onee- 

 how. — Method of brewing the fweet Root. — Arrive in 

 fight of the Coaft of A?7terica. — Sta?id on for Cook's 

 River. — Meet with fojne Rujftan Settlers. — Arrival in 

 Cook's River. — Viftted by the Ruffa7i Chief. — An- 

 chor in Coal Harbour. — Various E7nployments there. — 

 Abunda7tce of Salmon. — Vifit the Rujfta7i Settlement. — 

 Their Mode of Living defcribed. — Proceed farther up the 

 River. 



'• T HAVE already obferved, that Oneehow belonged to 

 i ^ Ta'aao, king of Atoui. I now learnt that he was 

 ]l\e. there at prefent, and that Abenooe governed Oneehow in his 

 Friday 9. abfence. I made the old man a prefent of fome red baize, 

 and two large towes, which he fent away immediately to 

 Ta'aao at Atoui, and gave me to underftand that I might 

 expert plenty of hogs and vegetables from that place in con- 

 fequence of this prefent. I placed no great reliance on this 

 Saturday 10. piccc of information ; but in the afternoon of the i oth I was 

 agreeably furprifed to fee Abbenooe's melfenger return, ac- 

 companied by feveral large double canoes, which brought a 

 number of fine hogs to be difpofed. of, together with taro 

 and fugar-cane. 



The meffenger gave me to underftand, that Ta'aao him- 



felf meant to have paid me a vifit j but that he could not 



5 leave 



