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1777. bed; and it was fo effectual, that I found myfelf pretty eafy 
^Septembei. gjj u^ht a f ter . My female phyficians repeated their 
Tuefday 23. prefcription the next morning, before they went afhore, 
and again, in the evening, when they returned on board ; 
after which, I found the pains entirely removed ; and the 
cure being perfected, they took their leave of me the fol- 
Wcdnef. 24. lowing morning. This they call romee ; an operation which, 
in my opinion, far exceeds the flefh-brufh, or any thing of 
the kind that we make ufe of externally. It is univerfally 
praAifed amongft thefe illanders; being fometimes per¬ 
formed by the men, but more generally by the women. 
If, at any time, one appears languid and tired, and fits 
down by any of them, they immediately begin to pracfife 
the romee upon his legs ; and I have always found it to 
have an exceedingly good effect 
Thurfday 25. In the morning of the 25th, Otoo, Mr. King, and Omai, 
returned from Attahooroo; and Mr. King gave me the fol¬ 
lowing account of what he had feen : 
“ Soon after you left me, a fecond meffenger came from 
Towha to Otoo, with a plantain-tree. It was fun-fet when 
we embarked in a canoe and left Oparre. About nine o’clock 
we landed at Tettaha, at that extremity which joins to Atta¬ 
hooroo. Before we landed, the people called to us from 
the fhore; probably, to tell us that Towha was there. The 
meeting of Otoo and this Chief, I expected, would afford 
fome incident worthy of obfervation. Otoo, and his attend¬ 
ants, went and feated themfelves on the beach, clofe to 
the canoe in which Towha was. He was then afleep ; but 
his fervants having awakened him, and mentioning Otoo’s 
name, immediately a plantain-tree and a dog, were laid at 
* See Captain Wallis’s account of the fame operation performed on himfelf, and his 
foft Lieutenant, in Hawkefwortk’s Collettion , Vol. i. p. 243. 
Otoo’s 
