16 
A VOYAGE TO 
1777. Thus equipped, on our landing, we firft vifited Etary; 
who, carried on a hand-barrow, attended us to a large 
houfe, where he was fet down ; and we feated ourfelves on 
each fide of him. I caufed a piece of Tongataboo cloth to 
he fpread out before us, on which I laid the prefents I in¬ 
tended to make. Prefently the young Chief came, attended 
by his mother, and feveral principal men, who all feated 
themfelves, at the other end of the cloth, facing us. Then 
a man, who fat by me, made a fpeech, confiding of fhort 
and feparate fentences; part of which was dictated by thofe 
about him. He was anfwered by one from the oppofte 
fide, near the Chief. Etary fpoke next; then Omai; and 
both of them were anfwered from the fame quarter. Thefe 
orations were entirely about my arrival, and connections 
with them.. The perfon who fpoke laft, told me, among!! 
other things, that the men of Reema , that is, the Spaniards, 
had de fired them not to fuffer me to come into Olieitepeha 
Bay, if I ihould return any more to the ill and, for that it 
belonged to them; but that they were fo far from paying 
any regard to this requeft, that he was authorized now to 
make a formal fur render of the province of Tiaraboo to me, 
and of every thing in it; which marks very plainly, that 
thefe people are no ftrangers to the policy of accom¬ 
modating themfelves to prefent circumftances. At length, 
the young Chief was dire&ed, by his attendants, to come 
and embrace me; and, by way of confirming this treaty of 
friendlhip, we exchanged names. The ceremony being 
clofed, he and his friends accompanied me on board to 
dinner. 
Omai had prepared a mar a , compofed of red and yellow 
feathers, which he intended for Otoo, the king of the whole 
ifland; and, confidering where we were, it was a prefent 
of 
