Piiday I. 



1^5 A V O Y A O E T O T H E 



c HA P. ^.j^g .j^^j^g j^imfelf, attended by many of the principal chiefs. 



« > When his canoe approached near the fhip, all the reft 



Decrn.o'er. paddled ojff to fome diftance, to make way for his ma- 

 jc{\.Y ; who, after paddling three times round the fhip in 

 great ftate, came on board without the leaft appearance of 

 fear, and would not fuffer any of his retinue to follow 

 him till he had got permiffion for their admittance, which 

 I gave to eight or ten of the principal chiefs. The king 

 brought me a few hogs and fome vegetables by way of pre- 

 fent-; for which I made him a return that feemed to pleafe 

 him highly : moft of his attendants likewife brought a few 

 articles, which I received, and gave them in exchange 

 fuch trifles as feemed to take their fancy, being deflrous 

 to eftablifh myfelf ona friendly footing at this ifland, that 

 our bulinefs might go regularly forward, and our wants 

 be expeditioufly fupplied. 



The king (whofe name I before liave obferved is 

 Taheeterre) is an exceedingly ftout well-made man about 

 fifty years old, and appears to be fenfible, well difpofed, 

 and much efleemed by his fubjefts. He inquired whether 

 we had been at Owhyhee ; and an my anfwering him in 

 the affirmative, he was very defirous of learning fome par- 

 ticulars refpe£Ving that ifland and the king, with whom 

 he feems to be at variance. But I could give him no other 

 information than that the king was in good health, and 

 that the ifland was in .a very flourifhing condition when we 

 left it- 



Taheeterre remained on hoard the greateft part of the 

 day, and gave diredions to the natives to bring us plenty 

 of water, and every thing elfe that the ifland produced. 



Towards 



