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Chief with me; and when the provifions were removed on 
board, in the afternoon, not a fingle article was miffing. 
There was as much as loaded four boats; and I could not. 
but be flruck with the munificence of Feenou; for this 
prefent far exceeded any I had ever received from any of 
the Sovereigns of the various iflands I had vifited in the 
Pacific Ocean. I loft no time in convincing my friend, 
that I was not infenfibie of his liberality; for, before he 
quitted my ffiip, I bellowed upon him fuch of our com¬ 
modities, as, I gueffed, were rnofl valuable in his eftima- 
tion. And the return I made was fo much to his fatisfac- 
tion, that, as foon as he got on fhore, he left me flill in¬ 
debted to him, by fending me a freffi prefent, confuting of 
two large hogs, a confiderable quantity of cloth, and fome 
yams. 
Feenou had expreffed a defire to fee the marines go 
through their military exercife. As I was defirous to gratify 
his curiofity, I ordered them all affiore, from both ffiips, in 
the morning of the 20th. After they had performed various Tuefday 20, 
evolutions, and fired feveral vollies, with which the nume¬ 
rous body of fpedtators feemed well pleafed, the Chief en¬ 
tertained us, in his turn, with an exhibition, which, as was 
acknowledged by us all, was performed with a dexterity 
and exa6tnefs, far furpaffing the fpecimen we had given of 
our military manoeuvres. It was a kind of a dance, fo en¬ 
tirely different from any thing I had ever feen, that, I fear, 
I can give no defcription that will convey any tolerable idea 
of it to my readers. It was performed by men; and one 
hundred and five perfons bore their parts in it. Each of 
them had in his hand an inftrument neatly made, fhaped 
fomewhat like a paddle, of two feet and a half in length, 
with a fmall handle, and a thin blade; fo that they were 
very 
