THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
309 
CHAP. VIIL 
Some of the Officers plundered by the Natives .— A fijhing 
Party.—A Vifit to Poulaho.—A Fiatooka defcribed. — Ob- 
fervations on the Country Entertainment at Poulaho's 
Houfe.—His Mourning Ceremony.—Of the Kava Plant , 
and the Manner of preparing the Liquor.—Account of 
Onevy , a little If and.—One of the Natives wounded by 
a Sentinel. — Mejfrs. King and Anderfon vifit the King's 
Brother.—ffheir Entertainment.—Another Mourning Ce¬ 
remony.—Manner of pajjing the Night.—Remarks on the 
Country they puffed through.—Preparations made for fail¬ 
ing.—An Eclipfe of the Sun , imperfectly obferved. — Mr* 
Anderfon's Account of the I/land , and its Productions .. 
A S no more entertainments were to be expected, on 17 n> 
either fide, and the cnriohty of the populace was, , ^ mie ’ 
by this time, pretty well fatisfied; on the day after Poula- Sunday 22. 
ho’s haiva , molt of them left us. We ftill, however, had 
thieves about us; and, encouraged by the negligence of 
our own people, we had continual instances of their depre¬ 
dations. 
Some of the officers, belonging to both ffiips, who had 
made an excurlion into the interior parts of the ifland, 
without my leave, and, indeed, without my knowledge, 
returned this evening, after an abfence of two days. They 
had taken with them their mufquets, with the neceffary 
ammunition, and feveral fmall articles of the favourite 
commodities; 
