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A VOYAGE TO 
1777 - 
Jane. 
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mat over his cloth; as we fuppofed, to prevent its being 
j dirtied when he fat down. On our now afking him where 
Mareewagee was, to our great furprize, he faid, he had 
gone from the place, to the fhip, juft before we arrived. 
However, he defired us to walk with him to a malaee , or 
houfe of public refort, which ftood about half a mile up 
the country. But when we came to a large area before it, 
he fat down in the path, and defired us to walk up to the 
houfe. We did fo, and feated ourfelves in front, while the 
crowd that followed us filled up the reft of the fpace. After 
fitting a little while, we repeated our inquiries, by means of 
Omai, Whether we were to fee Mareewagee ? But receiving 
no fatisfaciory information, and fufpedting that the old 
Chief was purpofely concealed from us, we went back to 
our boats, much piqued at our difappointment; and when 
I got on board, I found that no fuch perfon had been there. 
It afterward appeared, that, in this affair, we had laboured 
under fome grofs miftakes, and that our interpreter Omai 
had either been mifinformed, or, which is more likely, had 
mifunderftood what was told him about the great man, on 
whofe account we had made this exeurfion. 
The place we went to was a village, moft delightfully 
fituated on the bank of the inlet, where all, or moft of the 
principal perfons of the illand refide; each having his houfe 
in the midft of a fmall plantation, with leffer houfes, and 
offices for fervants. Thefe plantations are neatly fenced 
round; and, for the moft part, have only one entrance. 
This is by a door, fattened, on the infide, by a prop of wood; 
fo that a perfon has to knock, before he can get admittance. 
Public roads, and narrow lanes, lie between each planta¬ 
tion ; fo that no one trefpaffeth upon another. Great part 
of fome of thefe inclofures is laid out in grafs-plots, and 
planted 
