y propose that he and his wife should go with me to
England. He said he would only take two servants; that he much wished to
see King George who he was sure would be glad to see him. Tinah and many
of his countrymen were become extremely eager to get a knowledge of other
countries, and were continually enquiring about the situations of the
islands which we told them of in these seas. To quiet his importunity I
was obliged to promise that I would ask the king's permission to carry
them to England if I came again; that then I should be in a larger ship
an could have accommodations properly fitted up. I was sorry to find that
Tinah was apprehensive he should be attacked by his enemies as soon as
our ship left Otaheite, and that if they joined they would be too
powerful for him. The illness of Teppahoo, with whom he was on good
terms, gave him much uneasiness, Teppahoo's wife being a sister of Otow's
and aunt to Tinah. They have no children as has been before related, and
if Teppahoo were to die he would be succeeded as Earee of the district of
Tettaha by his brother who is an enemy to Tinah. I have on every occasion
endeavoured to make the principal people believe that we should return
again to Otaheite and that we should revenge any injury done in our
absence to the people of Matavai and Oparre.

The wife of Oedidee is likewise an aunt to Tinah, and sister to Otow. His
native place is Ulietea, where he has some property, but which I imagine
is not of such consequence to him as the countenance of the chiefs with
whom he is connected at Otaheite.

CHAPTER 10.

The Ship's Cable cut in the Night.
Coolness with the Chiefs on that Account.
Visit to an old Lady.
Disturbance at a Heiva.
Tinah's Hospitality.
A Thief taken and punished.
Preparations for sailing.

1789. February. Tuesday 3.

I was present this afternoon at a wrestling match where a young man, by
an unlucky fall, put his arm out of joint at the elbow: three stout men
immediately took hold of him and, two of them fixing their feet against
his ribs, replaced it. I had sent for our surgeon but before he arrived
all was well, except a small swelling of the muscles in consequence of
the strain. I enquired what they would have done if the bone had been
broken and, to show me their practice, they got a number of sticks and
placed round a man's arm, which they bound with cord. That they have
considerable skill in surgery is not to be doubted. I have before
mention