Pceparati in* for making a jwrilun.— Villi frutn 

 tiiru.— lib reception on board ilic V taction ». 



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VUit EtMl Paddy Coiirn'1. 

 Ili> hbiiory. 



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that any one liar] been buried there, but as they 

 approach 1 sin pile they simultaneously came to a 

 stop, and began to murmur among themselves, 

 using the words mat* mat*. No inducement could 

 persuade them to proceed, until it was explained 

 tu litem by David Whippy, that there was no 

 desire to dig in the direction of the grave, which 

 was to be left sacred. With this intimation they 

 fif**med well satisfied, and went on digging mer- 

 rily. A large <juantity of seeds, of various kinds 

 of vegetables and fruits, were planted. Fur the 

 fencing and digging of the garden I gave, by 

 agreement, a trade musket, and I believe this in- 

 cluded i he pn relets.' r.f tin- irmund '. 



The day after Tanoa's visit, I received from him 

 a royal present of ten hogs, a quantity of yams, 

 taro, fruit, Ac. 



Our stay at Ovolau continued for six weeks. 

 Among the incidents which occurred during this 

 time were the following : 



< >n the I7lh May, David Bateman died, lie 

 had heen a marine on board the Porpoise, and had 

 been transferred to the Yincenncs at Tonga. A 

 post mortem examination showed that the right 

 long was almost wholly destroyed by disease, and 

 there was about a pin l of purulent matter in the 

 pleura. 



On the 10th, Seru, the sou of Tnnoa, arrived 

 from Ambau, fur the purpose of visiting me. I 

 immediately sent him and his suite an invitation 

 to meet mo at the observatory on the following 

 day, with which he complied. Seru is extremely 

 good-looking, being tall, woll-mide, and athletic 

 lie exhibit* much intelligence both in his expres- 

 sion of countenance and manners. I lis features 

 and ligure resemble those of a Muropean, ami be 

 is graceful and easy in his carriage. The in- 

 struments at the observatory excited his wonder 

 aid curiosity. He, in common with the other 

 natives, believed thitt they were intended for the 

 purpose of looking at tbe Ureal Spirit, and in con- 

 90004009 paid them the greatest respect and rever- 

 ence. This opinion saved us much trouble, 1-r they 

 did not presume to approach the instruments; and 

 ■il hnu-h S'une nf ibem were always to be fouml 

 without the boundary which had been traced to 

 limit their approach, they never intruded within it. 

 They always behaved civilly, and said they only 

 came to sara-sara (look-on). 



1 afterwards tool; Seru on board the Vincennes, 

 where, a* his father had recommended, I iravc him 

 plenty of good advice, to which he seemed to pay 

 great attention. I hail been told that he would 

 probably exhibit hauteur and an arrogant hearing, 

 ! ■ u1 he manifested nothing of the kind. He ap- 

 peared rather, as I had been told by his father 

 I would find him, "young and frisky." He was 

 received with the same attentions that had been 

 paid to bis father. The firing of the gnus seemed 

 to lake his fancy much, and he was desirous that 1 

 should gratify him by continuing to fire them 

 longer ; but J was not inclined to make the honours 

 DBM lo him greater than those rendered to his 

 father, knowing how observant they are of all 

 forms. The whole party, himself included, showed 

 more pleasure and were much more liberal, in their 

 exclamations of vi nal;a! vi nakal and wh..o! using 

 ibem more energetically than the king's party, as 

 might be naturally expected from a younger set of 

 natives. Seru is unite ingenious; he took the musket 



given him to pieces as quickly, and used il with as 

 much adroitness as if he had been a gunsmith. His 

 nmbali (priest) was wiih him, and the party all 

 appeared greatly delighted with the ship. On the 

 whole 1 was much pleased with him during his 

 visit ; shortly a/terwanK he, however, visited the 

 ship during my absence, and displayed a very 

 different bearing, so much so as to require to be 

 checked. 1 leane d a circumstance which would 

 serve to prove that the reputation he bears is 

 ptvtty well founded. He -ti <>ne «>ceasi< n had jn-nt 

 word to one of the islands (Guro, 1 believe), for 

 the chief to have a quantity of cocoa -mi t oil ready 

 for him by a certain time. Towards the expiration 

 of the specified interval, Seru went to the island 

 and found it was not ready. The old chief of the 

 island pleaded the impossibility of compliance, from 

 want of time, and promised to have it ready as 

 soon us possible, Seru told him he was a great 

 liar, and without further words, struck him on the 

 lioad and killed him on the spot. This is only one 

 of many instances of the exercise of arbitrary 

 authority over their vassals. 



I Ine day, while at the observatory, 1 was greatly 

 surprised at seeing one whom 1 took to be a Peejee- 

 num enter my tent, a circumstance so inconsistent 

 with the respect to our prescribed limit, of which 

 I have spoken. His colour, however, struck tne 

 as lighter than that of any native I had yet seen, 

 lie was a short wrinkled old man, hut appeared to 

 possess great vigour and activity. He had a beard 

 that reached to his middle, and but little hair, of a 

 reddish grey colour, on his head. Ho gave me no 

 time for inquiry, but at once addressed me in 

 broad Irish, with a rich Milesian brogue. In a 

 few minutes he made me acquainted with hisBtory, 

 which, by his own account, was as follows. 



His name was Paddy Conuel, but the natives 

 called him Berry; he was born in the county of 

 Clare in Ireland ; had run away from school when 

 he was a little fellow, and after wandering about as 

 n vagabond, was pressed into the army in the first 

 Iri h rebellion. At the time the French landed in 

 Ireland, the regiment lo which ho was attached 

 marched at once against the enemy, and soon 

 arrived ou the field of battle, where they were 

 brought to the cliarge. The first thing he knew 

 or hoard, the drums struck up a White Boys* tune, 

 and his whole regiment went over and joined tho 

 French, with the exception of the officers, who had 

 to fly. They were then marched against the 

 Hrilish, and were soon defeated by Lord Corn- 

 wallis; it was a bard fight, and Faddy found himself 

 among (he slain, W hen he thought the battle was 

 over, and night came on, he craw led off and reached 

 home, lie was then taken up and tried for his 

 life, but was acquitted; he was, however, remanded 

 to prison, and busied himself in effecting tho 

 escape of some of his comrades. On this being 

 dissevered, he was confined in the black hole, ami 

 soon after sent to Cork, to be put on board a eon- 

 rirrt atrip bom id to New South Wales. When he 

 arrived there, his name was not found on the books 

 of the prisoners, consequently he had been trans- 

 ported by mistake, and was, therefore, set at 

 liberty, lie then worked about for several years, 

 and collected a small sum of money, but unfortu- 

 nately fell into bad company, got drunk, and lost it 

 all. Just about this time Captain Sartori, of the 

 ship General Wellesley, arrived at Sydney, Having 



