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1777. attention to his competitor; and, therefore, excufed him- 
v — _j i^lf* I attended the Chief in my own boat, having firft 
made prefents to him, of fuch articles as, I could obferve, 
he valued much, and were even beyond his expectation to 
receive. I was not difappointed in my view of thus fecur- 
ing his friendfhip; for the moment the boat reached the 
beach, and, before he quitted her, he ordered two more 
hogs to be brought, and delivered to my people to be con¬ 
veyed on hoard. He w r as then carried out of the boat, by 
fome of his own people, upon a hoard refembling a hand- 
barrow, and went and feated himfelf in a fmall houfe near 
the fhore; which feemed to have been erected there for his 
accommodation. He placed me at his fide; and his attend¬ 
ants, who were not numerous, feated themfelves in a femi- 
circle before us, on the outfide of the houfe. Behind the 
Chief, or rather on one iide, fat an old woman, with a fort 
of fan in her hand, whofe office it was to prevent his beiiig 
petered with the flies. 
The feveral articles which his people had got, by trading 
on board the ffiips, were now difplayed before him. He 
looked over them all, with attention, inquired what they 
had given in exchange, and feemed pleafed with the bar¬ 
gains they had made. At length, he ordered every thing to 
be reftored to the refpedtive owners, except a glafs bowl, 
with which he was fo much pleafed, that he referved it for 
himfelf. The perfons who brought thefe things to him, 
firft fquatted themfelves down before him, then they depo- 
fited their feveral purchafes, and immediately rofe up and 
retired. The fame refpecStful ceremony was obferved in 
taking them away; and not one of them prefumed to fpeak 
to him Handing. I flayed till feveral of his attendants left 
him, firft paying him obeifance, by bowing the head down 
to 
