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eighteen years of age, had also been tataued ; and 
this being considered as an expression of his dis¬ 
approbation of his father’s proceedings, and of his 
determination as to the conduct he designed to 
pursue, produced a great sensation among the 
people. His venerable father was deeply affected, 
and the struggle between affection for his son, and 
his duty to the people, was evidently strong. 
The latter prevailed ; he directed him to be tried, 
and attended him to the trial: here he affection¬ 
ately admonished his son to profit by his expe¬ 
rience, and warned the spectators, telling them 
not to be deceived, and suppose that the laws, by 
which they had mutually agreed to be governed, 
would be violated with impunity. Some of the 
latter observed, If the king’s son does not escape, 
what will become of the common men ? 
Taaroarii, the chief of Sir Charles Sanders’ 
Island, and the expected successor to his father in 
the sovereignty of Huahine, now assisted in build¬ 
ing the portion of stone-work allotted to him. His 
friends and attendants performed the greater part 
of the labour-—still, there was a feeling of pride, 
that would not allow him to stand altogether idle. 
I visited his house one evening, and entered freely 
into conversation with him on the subject. He 
observed, that he was sorry for what he had done, 
but appeared to indicate, that he did not wish it 
to be thought that the work assigned him was any 
punishment. 
Several unsteady young men and women, who 
followed the example of the first party, were also 
tried, and sentenced to similar punishments ; and 
afterwards two principal personages in the island, 
by having their bodies tataued, joined their party: 
these two were, the son of the king of Raiatea, who 
