146 POLYNESIAN RESEARCHES. 
CHAP. VI. 
Pomare’s proposed restrictions on barter rejected by the 
chiefs of the Leeward Islands— Voyage to Eimeo—De- 
parture for Tahiti—Danger during the night—Arrival 
at Burder’s Point—State of the settlement— Papeete— 
Mount Hope—Interview with the king—The laws revised 
Approved by the queen—Arrival of the Hope from 
England—Influence of letters, &c.—Return to Eimeo— 
Embarkation for the Leeward Islands—A night at sea— 
Appearance of the heavens—Astronomy of the natives— 
Names of the stars—The Twins—Tradition of their origin 
—Arrival in Huahine. 
Barty in 1821, the brig which had been pur- 
chased in New South Wales for Pomare, arrived 
in Tahiti. Soon after this, the king sent a mes- 
senger to the Leeward Islands, with a bundle of 
niaus, or emblems of royal authority, and a pro- 
posal to the chiefs, that they should become 
joint proprietors, and furnish a required quantity 
of native produce, viz. pigs, arrow-root, and 
cocoa-nut oil, towards payment for the vessel. 
The herald left his message and bundle of niaus 
at Huahine, in the name of Teriitaria, and passed 
on to Raiatea. in a day or two afterwards 
we learned that instructions had been sent down 
to the chiefs, not to dispose of any of the above- 
mentioned articles, nor to allow the people to 
barter them to any ship, or even to the Mission- 
