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his wife, for whom he appeared to cherish 
the most ardent affection, died a few months 
afterwards. 
Later on an instance of another kind oc¬ 
curred. A party of five or six persons arrived 
in a canoe from Tahiti on a visit to some 
friends in Huahine, one of the Leeward 
Islands. Their original destination was Bora- 
bora, but they remained several weeks at Hua¬ 
hine, the guests of a chieftainess named Terai- 
mano. During their stay, a young woman of 
great beauty, “ one of the belles of the island, 
and who belonged to the household of their 
hostess, became exceedingly fond of the society 
of one of the young men, and it was soon inti¬ 
mated to him by some of her girl friends that 
she wished to become his companion for life. 
The intimation, however, was disregarded by 
the young man, who expressed his intention of 
prosecuting his voyage—like the lover who 
kisses and rides away. The girl made no 
secret of her distress, and her beauty of face 
and figure suffered such a remarkable change in 
so short a time that her friends became deeply 
concerned; but she yet showed her preference 
for the object of her affection by scarcely 
