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were become, by this time, so fond of wine, that 
they would frequently remind me of the health 
in the middle of dinner, by calling out, ' King 
George, Earee no Pretanief (the Chief of Bri- 
tain,) and would banter me, if the glass was not 
filled to the brim. Nothing could exceed the 
mirth and jollity of these people when they met 
on board." 
At another time the natives were much de- 
lighted with the spectacle of a female figure, 
which was gaily dressed up, and carried about 
the deck, and which they at first mistook for a 
living person, but which consisted of a stick 
covered with a quantity of cloth, surmounted by 
a painted head: the head, which had formerly 
been in a hairdresser's shop-window, having 
been brought by the ship's barber from London. 
Bligh's description of this scene is as good as 
a picture : " It having been reported to the na- 
tives, that we had an English woman on board, 
the quarter-deck was cleared of the crowd, that 
she might make her appearance. Being handed 
up the ladder, and carried to the after part of 
the deck, there was a general shout of, i Huaheine 
no Pretanie myty!' Huaheine signifies woman, 
and myty, good. Many of them thought it was 
living, and asked if it was my wife. One old 
woman ran with presents of cloth and bread- 
fruit, and laid them at her feet. At last they 
found out the cheat, but continued all delighted 
with it, except the old lady, who felt herself 
mortified, and took back her presents, for which 
she was laughed at exceedingly. Tinah and all 
the other chiefs enjoyed the joke ; and, after 
