NORTH WEST COAST OF AMERICA, qj 



leave Atoui under fix or feven days, being detained there ^ ^y^ ^^ 



during that time, in order to perform feme religious cere- *^ — ^ — -f 

 monies for one of his wives, who was lately dead; and June,* 



this intelligence was alfo confirmed by Abbenooe. How- ''"'" ^^ "^* 

 ever, I had no great reafon to regret the abfence of his Ma- 

 jefiy, for Abbenooe kept the natives in very good order, 

 encouraged them to bring us whatever the ifiand afforded j 

 and after the people from Atoui had difpofed of their com- 

 modities, he fent them back for a frefh fupply. 



Being defirou& to make Ta'aao fome further acknow- 

 ledgment for his fupplying us with the various refrefii- 

 ments Atoui afforded, though at fuch a confiderable dif- 

 tance, I fent him as a prefent a light-horfeman's cap; 

 this however Abbenooe fcarcely thought fufficient, and 

 flrongly importuned me to fend along with it an armed 

 chair, which I had in .the cabin, as it would be, he faid, 

 peculiarly ufeful to one of the king's wives who had lately 

 lain in. I willingly complied with my friend's requeft, 

 and he difpatched the chair and cap to Atoui, under the 

 care of fpecial meffengers. Our bufinefs now went regu- 

 larly and brifkly forward; the trading party were well em- 

 ployed in bartering for yams and other refreihments, and 

 others were bulicd in killing and faking hogs for fea flore. 

 Obferving the natives to break the yams in bringing them 

 off, which prevents them from keeping for any length of time, 

 I fent my fecond mate on fhore on the i ith in the yaul to Sunday ir. 

 purchafe fome; by which means we procured a large quan- 

 tity of very fine ones. Since our arrival here, fuch of the 

 feamen whofe recovery from ficknels was fcarcely con- 

 firmed were daily fent on fhore, and found vaft benefit 

 firom exercife and land. air. Indeed, the inhabitants at 



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