THE PACIFIC OCEAN. 
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CHAP. VI. 
Arrival at Huaheine.—Council of the Chiefs.—OmaPs Offer¬ 
ings , and Speech to the Chiefs.—His Fftablifhment in this 
IJland agreed to. — A Houfe built , and Garden planted 
for him .— Singularity of his Situation .— Meafures taken 
to infure his Safety .— Damage done by Cock-roaches on 
board the Ships .— A Thief detected and punifhed. — Fire¬ 
works exhibited.—Animals left with Omai.•—His Family .— 
Weapons.—Infeription on his Houfe .— His Behaviour on 
the Ships leaving the IJland.—‘Summary View of his Con¬ 
duct and Char adder .— Account of the two New Zealand 
Touths. 
H AVING left Eimeo, with a gentle breeze and fine 1777. 
weather, at day-break, the next morning, we faw t Qa ° ber y 
Huaheine, extending from South Weft by Weft, half Weft, Sunday 12, 
to Weft by North. At noon, we anchored at the North 
entrance of Owharre harbour*, which is on the Weft fide 
of the ifland. The whole afternoon was fpent in warping 
the ftiips into a proper birth, and mooring. Omai entered 
the harbour juft before us, in his canoe, but did not land. 
Nor did he take much notice of any of his countrymen, 
though many crowded to fee him; but far more of them 
came off to the fhips, infomuch that we could hardly 
work on account of their numbers. Our paffengers pre- 
* See a plan of this harbour in Hawkefworth’s Colledion, Vol. ii. p. 248. 
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