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men. I thinks however, there must have been some 
mistake in his calculation. In the last war but one, in 
which the people of Huahine were engaged with those of 
Raiatea, at the battle of Hooroto, in the latter island, 
according to the testimony of Mahine, the present king 
of Huahine, who was there, and whose father was the 
general of the forces, the fleet consisted of ninety ships, 
or war-canoes, each about one hundred feet long, filled 
with men, who, besides their ordinary arms, possessed 
the two guns left with Mai by Captain Cook, from the 
use of which they expected an easy victory. This was 
one of the most sanguinary conflicts that had occurred 
for many years. Tenamia, the king of Huahine, went 
down to avenge the cause of Ohunehaapaa, whose son 
is still living in Raiatea. Ohunehaapaa had been 
banished by the Raiatean chiefs, and the chiefs and 
people of Huahine undertook to reinstate him. The 
Windward fleet anchored at Tipaemau, when the Raia- 
teans fled to Tahaa. The Huahinean chief sent to 
demand from Tapaa the surrender of the land. This 
was refused, and both parties prepared for battle. Next 
day the hostile fleets met near Hooroto, and a most 
bloody and obstinate engagement ensued; both parties 
lost so many, that when piled up, on the day after the 
battle, the dead bodies are said to have formed a heap 
as high as the young cocoa-nut trees. They still deter¬ 
mined to persevere till one party should be destroyed. 
Mauai, a native of Borabora, inspired by Oro, intimated 
his will that they should desist. An armistice was con¬ 
cluded 5 the warriors of two districts of Huahine, Fare- 
tou, and Fareihi, being comparatively uninjured, sailed 
over to Tahaa, for the purpose of plunder. They, how¬ 
ever, met with a more determined resistance than they 
