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252 things of little value; and he was exceedingly sorry he had not secured all the dollars out of the Port au Prince, before he had ordered her to be burnt: "I had always thought," said he, that your ship belonged to some poor fellow, perhaps to king George's cook ; for captain Cook's ship, which belonged to the king, had plenty of beads, axes, and looking-glasses on board, whilst yours had nothing but iron hoops, oil, skins, and twelve thousand páänga as I thought: but if every one of these was money, your ship must have belonged to a very great chief indeed."

Finow and his chiefs having now remained at the Hapai islands nearly six weeks, resolved to return to Vavaoo, and the following day set sail: the prince and Mr. Mariner accompanying them. As soon as they arrived at Vavaoo, the king gave orders that all the dogs in the island, except a few that belonged to chiefs, should be killed, because they destroyed the game, particularly the kalai; after which he promised himself great sport with his favourite bird. As the breed of dogs was scarce at these islands, there were not more than fifty or sixty killed on