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planted with fuch things as feem more for ornament than 1777. 
ufe. But hardly any where without the kava plant, from ^ u ' ,e ‘ _ 
which they make their favourite liquor. Every article of 
the vegetable produce of the ifland, abounded in others of 
thefe plantations; but thefe, I obferved, are not the resi¬ 
dence of people of the firft rank. There are fome large 
houfes near the public roads, with fpacious fmooth grafs- 
plots before them, and uninclofed. Thefe, I was told, be¬ 
longed to the king; and, probably, they are the places 
where their public affemblips are held. It was to one of 
thefe houfes, as I have already mentioned, that we were 
conduced, foon after our landing at this place. 
About noon, the next day, this Mareewagee, of whom Friday 13, 
we had heard fo much, actually came to the neighbour¬ 
hood of our poll on Shore; and, with him, a very conside¬ 
rable number of people of all ranks. I was informed, that 
he had taken this trouble, on purpofe to give me an oppor¬ 
tunity of waiting upon him ; having, probably, heard of 
the difpleafure I had Shewn, on my difappointment the day 
before. In the afternoon, a party of us, accompanied by 
Feenou, landed, to pay him a viSit. We found a perfon 
Sitting under a large tree, near the Shore, a little to the 
right of the tent. A piece of cloth, at leait forty yards 
long, was fpread before him, round which a great number 
of people, of both fexes, were feated. It was natural to 
fuppofe, that this was the great man; but we were unde¬ 
ceived by Feenou; who informed us, that another, who 
fat on a piece of mat, a little way from this Chief, to the 
right hand, was Mareewagee, and he introduced us to him, 
wdio received us very kindly, and delired us to Sit down by 
him. The perfon, who fat under the tree, fronting us, 
was called Toobou; and, when I have occasion to fpeak of 
O o 2 him 
