REW A. 127 
At an early hour on the 21st, the king and queen, one of their chil- 
dren, and Ngaraningiou, together with the son of Vunivalu, came on 
board. As Mr. Phillips was already there, all the royal family, except- 
ing Vendovi, were, by their own act, within our power, and it was 
said he was also to come in the afternoon. ‘There was an evident 
constraint in the manner of the visiters, which was apparent from their 
not expressing the usual astonishment at every thing they saw. Their 
little daughter, of five or six years of age, had a sprightly countenance, 
and, as is usual, her head was enveloped in twisted locks. One of the 
officers presented her with a sash, which he tied on, and the bystanders 
were much amused to see the queen rearranging it after the Feejee 
fashion. 
The queen was observed to have paid more attention than is usual 
to the decency of her dress, being enveloped in the pareu, after the 
Tonga fashion. She isa fine-looking woman, with an intelligent coun- 
tenance. The king wore his maro, accompanied with the seavo, which 
is the name they give to the long trains of tapa attached to it, that are 
worn by chiefs to denote their rank. The seavo of the king trailed 
several feet on the ground. 
The person who attracted the most attention was Ngaraningiou, with 
his attendant chiefs. In truth, he came in fine style, moving towards 
the ship in his beautiful canoe, with its long streamers (denoting the 
rank of the owner) floating in the breeze. When he came on board, it 
was at once seen that he had decked himself specially for the occasion. 
His face was painted red and black, which, if possible, improved his 
appearance as a savage chief. He was, by far, the finest-looking 
person among the whole assembled group. His hair was frizzled out 
with great care; around his neck he wore a necklace of shells, with 
armlets of the trochus; and his thighs were encircled with a black 
cord. The usual seavo was worn by him, and over it a flounce of 
black fringe, which added much to the effect of the whole, and gave 
him the look of being partly dressed. Every exertion being made to 
entertain them, the constraint they were under was soon dissipated, 
and never did people seem to enjoy themselves more. 
It was hoped by Captain Hudson, until afternoon, that Vendovi 
would make his appearance; but four o’clock came, and no chief. 
Captain Hudson then concluded that he was not coming, and that it 
would be impossible to take him, unless by force. He therefore deter- 
mined to try the expedient of retaining those he had on board until 
Vendovi should be forthcoming. He ordered the drums to beat to 
quarters, and placed a sentinel at the cabin-door, ordering at the same 
