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The moment they faw the King enter, they ftripped themfelves in great hafte, beingcovered before. Seeing Captain Cook took notice of it, they faid earee, earee; givinghim to underftand that it was on account of Otoo being prefent. This was all therefpeft they paid him ; for they never rofe from their feats, nor made any other obei-fance. When the King thought proper to depart, he was carried to Oparree in a boatwhere Captain Cook entertained him, and his people, with the bagpipes (of whichmufic they are very fond), and dancing by the feamen. He, in return, ordered fome ofhis people to dance alfo, which confided chiefly of contortions. There were, however,fome who could imitate the feamen tolerably well, both in country dances andhornpipes.
Next morning after breakfaft they took a trip to Oparree, again to vifit Otoo. Theymade him up a prefent of fuch things as he had not feen before. One article was abroad-fword ; at the fight of which he was fo intimidated, that Captain Cook had muchado to perfuade him to accept of it, and to have it buckled upon him ; where itremained but a fhort time, before he defired leave to take it off and fend it out of hisfight.
Soon after they were conduced to the theatre where they were entertained with adramatic heava, or play, in which were both dancing and comedy. The performersWere five men, and one woman, who was no lefs a perfon than the King’s filter. Themufic confilted of three drums only ; it lafted about an hour and an half, or two hours,and upon the whole, was well conduced. It was not poflible for them to find out themeaning of the play. Some part feemed adapted to the prefent time, as CaptainCook ’s name was frequently mentioned. Other parts were certainly wholly uncon-nected ‘with them. The dancing-drefs of the lady was very handfome, being deco-rated with taffels, made of feathers, hanging from the waift downward. As foon asall was over, the King himfelf defired Captain Cook ta depart; and fent into the boatdifferent kinds of fruit, and filh ready dreffed. With this they returned on boardand the next morning the King fent them more fruit, and feveral fmall parcels
of filh.
Nothing farther remarkable happened till ten o’clock in the evening, when theyWere alarmed with the cry of murder, and a great noife, on Ihore, near the bottomof the bay, at fome diftance from the encampment. Captain Cook fufpeCled that itWas occafioned by fome of his own people, and immediately armed a boat, and fent°n Ihore, to know the occafion of this dilturbance, and to bring off fuch of theirpeople as Ihould be found there. The boat foon returned with three marines, anda feaman. Some others belonging to the Adventure, were alfo taken, and being allpot under confinement, the next morning the Captain ordered them to be punilheda ccording to their deferts. He did not find that any mifchief was done, and the peopleWould confefs nothing. This dilturbance was fuppofed to be occafioned by theirfaking too free with the women. Be this as it will, the natives were fo much alarmed,that they fled from their habitations in the dead of the night, and the alarm fpreadJttany miles along the coat. For when Captain Cook went to vifit Otoo, in the morn-ttj&j by appointment, he found him removed, or rather fled, many miles from theplace of his abode. Even there he was obliged to wait fome hours, before he couldee him at all; and when he did, he complained of the lalt night’s riot.
.As this was intended to be the laffc vifit, Captain Cook had taken with him a prefentunable to the occafion. Among other things were three Cape lheep, which he had>? en before and alked for; for thefe people never lofe a thing by not alking for it.
was much pleafed with them 5 though he could be but little benefited, as they were
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