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he paid their just demands^ to dispose of the fruits of his 
own industry, and they assured us that it should be so 
at Huahine, whatever restrictions might be imposed upon 
the people of Tahiti. The queen’s sister, the nominal 
ruler of the island, residing at Tahiti, was influenced, 
they observed, by the advice and measures of Pomare, 
and often perplexed them by her directions. 
On the fourteenth of April, 1821, Pomare’s messenger 
returned from Raiatea. Tamatoa, the king of that island, 
and the chiefs of those adjacent, had refused to receive 
the niaus, or to join Pomare in his projected commercial 
speculations. They had at the same time agreed to 
unite, and procure a vessel for themselves, in which to 
trade from the islands to the colony of New South Wales, 
and had sent up a special messenger, with a letter to the 
chiefs of Huahine, requesting them to join their enter¬ 
prise. A public meeting was convened, in which the pro¬ 
positions from Pomare on the one hand, and of Tamatoa 
on the other, were freely discussed. The result was, 
that although all were far more disposed to join the 
Raiatean than the Tahitian chiefs, they declined both for 
the present, and despatched the respective messengers to 
their superiors, with declarations to this effect. 
The wind, which had set in from the westward on the 
fourteenth, continued during the whole of the fifteenth, 
and, as it seemed tolerably steady, it was proposed that 
our boat should be prepared for the voyage to Tahiti. 
It was also thought best that I should accompany Anna 
and Matapuupuu on their embassy to the queen’s sister. 
During the evening I waited on the chiefs, and took my 
leave; the native chieftains did the same; and their final 
instructions were, to induce, if possible, Teriitaria to 
come and reside at Huahine; but that if she preferred 
