*Thesavages of America inspire less interest....since celebrated navigators have * Missouri or the Maranon.” Preface to Humboldt's Personal Narrative. VOL. II. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR, 1817. - - - - -- CHAP. xv. The king annihilates the divine chiefdom of Tooitonga, and the ceremony of inachi–Mr. Mariner's adopted mother departs for Hapai—The stratagem used to prevent her female attendants from accompanying her—Spirited speech of Tálo on this occasion—All communication with the Hapai islands shut up—The king's extraordinary attention to the cultivation and defence of the country—Interesting anecdote respecting two chiefs, Hála Api Api and Tálo—Attempt from the people of Hapai–Mr. Mariner discovers an European vessel whilst on a fishing excursion: his men refusing to take him on board, he wounds one mortally, and threatens the others, upon which they paddle towards the ship—Anecdote of the wounded man—Mr. Mariner’s arrival on board, and reception from the captain-The king visits him in the ship: his behaviour on board: his earnest wish to go to England—Mr. Mariner sends on shore for the journal of the Port au Prince, and procures the escape of two of his countrymen—Further transactions on board–He takes a final leave of the king—The ship sails for the Hapai islands. -- IN consequence of Tooitonga's death, the great obstacle to shutting up the communication with Hapai was, for a time at least, re WOL. II. 460094 B |