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noes were r:;r.v ordered alonufide, from which a lar^e quantitv of cloth, mats, and other articles of their own manufafturc, were deUvcring into the (hip: but vc were fo much incommoded, that there was no poffibi- lit' of taking care of thel'c valuables, and on promifmg to receive them on a future dn)-, the king permitted them to be returned to the Ihore, giv- ing i)anicukir charge to one of his attendants, to whom they were intrull- ed, to be vcr)- careful of them, as they belonged to me, and not to himfelf.

This prefcnt, though not accompanied by the elegant entertainments that followed tlK>fc made by Fenow and Powiahow to Captains Cook and Clerkc at the Friendly iflands, was however highly worthy of a generous and noble mind ; efpecially when the manner is adverted to, in which it was made, as a token of the ancerity of the king's wilhcs ai.J defirc to cdablifli, upon a firm and permanent bafis, our mutual good underdanding and harmony ; and poffibly, in fome meafure, as a re- quital for the fcrvice I had rendered his country in the introduftion of the fhecp and cattle. On this fcore, however, I foon convinced him that I required no return ; as in fo doing I only complied with the di- reftions of my fovcreign, in his humane and friendly difpofition towards them, by adding eis much as was in my power to their comfort and hap- pinefs.

Thcfe tranfa61ions did not pafs unobferved by Kahowmotoo, who flriftly attended to every occurrence. He appeared to be much rejoiced at the introduction of the fheep and cattle on the ifland, yet he could not refrain from obferving, that he confidered it a very unequal diftri- bution, to give all the large cattle to Tamaahmaah, and none to himfelf, Tianna, or other principal chiefs. In reply to thefe obfervations, I pointed out that I had already done Tamaahmaah. an injullice, by giving him, Kahozmwtoo, the fheep originally defigned for the king. That, un- der this confidcration. he ought to be perfe6lly contented ; and as there was a probability of my returning, that I fhould endeavour to bring with me a fupply of thofe, and very likely fome other ufeful animals, by which I (hould have it in my power to oblige him, and the reft of our friends in Owhyhee. Kahowmotoo paid particular attention to this converfation, and feemed to be tolerably well fatisfied ; which gave me hopes that I Inould