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request the king made to Captain Hudson was, that his own barber, Oahu 
Sam (a Sandwich Islander), might accompany Vendovi. This was 
readily assented to, as he would be a useful man on board ship, having 
sailed in a whaler, and having some knowledge of the English language. 
Mr. Cargill, the missionary, came on board the Peacock shortly 
after the royal party had left her, and informed Captain Hudson, that 
the night before, the chief who had been sent for his protection had 
visited him, and said that he should keep guard over him and his 
house, and not suffer any one to cross the river from Rewa. Mr. 
Cargill said there had been no kind of disturbance, the chief having 
remained at his house until the king returned, and he felt much 
indebted to Captain Hudson for the lively interest he had taken in his 
affairs. He did not feel at all apprehensive of danger to themselves, 
and there was no kind of necessity for the detention of the ship on that 
account. At noon Mr. Cargill took his leave. When I saw him, a 
few weeks afterwards, he spoke in very high terms of the conduct of 
Captain Hudson, and the manner in which he had conducted the 
whole business at Rewa. He also told me that the chiefs often spoke 
of it, and were fully sensible that it was just that Vendovi should be 
punished. Mr. Cargill spoke much of the vast benefit that would 
result from our visit, not only to the trading vessels and whites gene- 
rally, but also to the natives, as well as the advantage it would be to 
the missionary cause. 
The surveys of the harbour having been all completed and joined 
with the survey of the river, made by Lieutenant Budd and Passed 
Midshipman Davis,—both of whom deserve much credit for the man- 
ner in which their operations were conducted, not only as regards the 
duties performed, but the care and attention they paid to the party 
entrusted to their charge,—preparations were now made for sailing ; 
but, owing to the wind being ahead, they were not able to pass the 
reefs until the morning of the 23d; in the mean time, Oahu Sam was 
received on board as Vendovi’s barber. When they got to sea, Captain 
Hudson again examined Vendovi, before several of the officers, re- 
specting the Kantavu murder, and the part he had himself taken in it. 
He stated, that he was sent by Ngaraningiou to pilot the brig to 
Kantavu, and that a chief of that place, called Thebau, who is now 
dead, was to take the vessel for Ngaraningiou. Thebau was to make 
what he could for himself, and was the leader of the conspiracy to 
murder the crew. Ten of the crew were killed, eight of them in the 
biche de mar house, and the mate and boy near the boat. The people 
of the towns of Numbuwallo, Lueti, and Roro, had cut large vines to 
pass under the cable, for the purpose of hauling the vessel on shore 
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