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bull, nor any of the Iheep, till he fhould get a flock of young 1777. 
ones; which he might then difpofe of to his friends, and , September ; 
fend to the neighbouring illands. 
This being fettled, we left Etary and his party to ru¬ 
minate upon their folly, and attended Otoo to another place, 
hard by, where we found the Servants of a Chief, whofe 
name I forgot to alk, waiting with a hog, a pig, and a dog, 
as a prefent from their mailer to the fovereign. Thefe were 
delivered with the ufual ceremonies, and with an harangue 
in form, in which the fpeaker, in his mailer’s name, in¬ 
quired after the health of Otoo, and of all the principal 
people about him. This compliment was echoed back in 
the name of Otoo, by one of his minillers; and then the 
difpute with Eimeo was dJfcufTed;* with many arguments 
for and again!! it. The deputies of this Chief were for pro- 
fecuting the war with vigour, and advifed Otoo to offer a 
human facrifice. On the other hand, a Chief, who was in 
conftant attendance on Otoo’s perfon, oppofed it, feemingly, 
with great ftrength of argument. This confirmed me in the 
opinion, that Otoo himfelf never entered heartily into the 
fpirit of this war. He now received repeated melfages from 
Towha, ftrongly foliciting him to haflen to his affiftance. 
We were told, that his fleet was, in a manner, furrounded 
by that of Maheine; but that neither the one, nor the 
other, durft hazard an engagement. 
After dining with Otoo, we returned to Matavai, leaving 
him at Oparre. This day, and alfo the 19th, we were very Friday jo. 
fparingly fupplied with fruit. Otoo hearing of this, he and 
his brother, who had attached himfelf to Captain Gierke, 
came from Oparre, between nine and ten o’clock in the 
evening, with a large fupply for both ihips. This marked 
his humane attention more ftrongly, than any thing he had 
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