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September, 
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Monday 29. 
fend worth his Majefty’s acceptance. I was not a little 
pleafed with Otoo, for this mark of his gratitude. It was a 
thought entirely his own, not one of us having given him 
the lead: hint about it; and it fhewed, that he fully under" 
ftood to whom he was indebted for the moft valuable pre- 
lents that he had received. At firft, I thought, that this 
canoe had been a model of one of their veffels of war; 
but I foon found, that it was a fmall Evaa, about fixteen 
feet long. It was double, and feemed to have been built 
for the purpofe; and was decorated with all thofe pieces 
of carved work, which they ufually fix upon their ca¬ 
noes. As it was too large for me to take on board, I could 
only thank him for his good intention; but it would have 
pleafed him much better, if his prefent could have been 
accepted. 
We were detained here fome days longer than I expedled, 
by light breezes from the Weft, and calms by turns; fo 
that we could not get out of the bay. During this time, 
the fhips were crowded with our friends, and furrounded 
by a multitude of canoes; for not one would leave the 
place, till we were gone. At length, at three o’clock in the 
afternoon of the 29th, the wind came at Eaft, and we weigh¬ 
ed anchor. 
As foon as the fhips were under fail, at the requeft of 
Otoo, and to gratify the curiofity of his people, I fired feven 
guns, loaded with fhot; after which, all our friends, ex¬ 
cept him, and two or three more, left us with fuch marks 
of affedlion and grief, as fufficiently fhewed how much 
they regretted our departure. Otoo being defirous of fee¬ 
ing the ftiip fail, I made a ftretch out to fea, and then in 
again; when he alfo bid us farewell, and went afhore in 
his canoe. 
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