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I had forgot to mention, that Omai was prefent at this fe- 
cond day’s ceremony as well as myfelf; but we were not v 
together; nor did I know that he was there, till it was al- 
moft over. He afterward told me, that, as foon as the 
king faw that I had ftolen out from the plantation, he fent 
feveral people, one after another, to defire me to come back. 
Probably, thefe meffengers were not admitted to the place 
where I was ; for I faw nothing of them. At laft, intelli¬ 
gence was brought to the Chief, that I had aftually drip¬ 
ped, in conformity to their cuftom; and then he told Omai, 
that he might be prefent alfo, if he would comply with all 
the neceftary forms. Omai had no objection, as nothing 
was required of him, but to conform to the cuftom of his 
own country. Accordingly, he was furnifhed with a proper 
drefs, and appeared at the ceremony as one of the natives. 
It 4 s likely, that one reafon of our being excluded at firft, 
was an apprehenfion, that we would not fubmit to the re- 
quifttes to qualify us to aflift. 
While I was attending the Natche at Mooa, I ordered the 
horfes, bull and cow, and goats, to be brought thither; 
thinking that they would be fafer there, under the eyes of 
the Chiefs, than at a place that would be, in a manner, de- 
ferted, the moment after our departure. Beftdes the above- 
mentioned animals, we left with our friends here, a young 
boar, and three young fows, of the Englifh breed. They 
were exceedingly defirous of them, judging, no doubt, that 
they would greatly improve their own breed, which is ra¬ 
ther fmall. Feenou alfo got from us two rabbits, a buck 
and a doe ; and, before we failed, we were told, that young 
ones had been already produced. If the cattle fucceed, of 
which I make no doubt, it will be a vaft acquifttion to thefe 
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