122 REW A. 
yellow, and is dug out of the banks of the river. The mode of mo- 
delling these vessels is described in another place. The pots are very 
light, and of many fanciful shapes; but they are quite fragile. 
They reached Rewa before dark, and took up their lodgings in 
Phillips’s house, which is one of the largest in Rewa, and built in the 
same manner as the king’s. Screens of ornamented tapa were used 
to divide it into apartments, and the floor was neatly covered with 
mats. The furniture consisted of a hand-organ, table, benches, several 
arm-chests, and a closet. ‘To crown all, the supper-table was laid 
with a cloth, dishes, plates, knives and forks, and they were waited on 
by his white steward (an Italian), who was left here sick by the Cur- 
rency Lass under his charge. He has also a white carpenter. 
The night was passed uncomfortably, in consequence of the many 
noisy natives who assembled to drink ava. The ava-bowl of Phillips 
was three feet in diameter. In drinking the ava, the first cup was 
handed to Phillips, and as there was more in it than he chose to 
drink, the remainder was poured back into the bowl. The ceremony 
of clapping of hands was then performed. Instead, however, of their 
serving out more ava from the bowl, the whole was thrown away, for 
it is the custom that when any is poured back from the chief’s cup, 
none must drink from the vessel. More ava was therefore prepared, 
which they sat drinking nearly all night. The usual savage hospitality 
was offered each of them, and they kept their arms and accoutrements 
in readiness. 
THOKANAUTO, OR MR. PHILLIPS. 
The next morning they proceeded up the river, the banks of which 
were from eight to ten feet above the water, and covered with a thick 
