On the 11th, early in the morning, I had a visit from Oreo and his son, a youth about twelve years of age.  The latter brought me a hog and some fruit; for which I made him a present of an axe, and dressed him in a shirt, and other things, which made him not a little proud of himself.  Having staid some hours, they went on shore; as I also did soon after, but to another part.  The chief hearing I was on shore, came to the place where he found the boat, into which he put a hog and a quantity of fruit, without saying a word to any body, and, with some of his friends, came on board, and dined with us.  After dinner I had a visit from Oo-oorou, the principal chief of the isle.  He was introduced to us by Oreo, and brought with him, as a present, a large hog, for which I made him a handsome return.  Oreo employed himself in buying hogs for me (for we now began to take of them), and he made such bargains as I had reason to be satisfied with.  At length they all took leave, after making me promise to visit them next morning; which I accordingly did, in company with several of the officers and gentlemen.  Oreo ordered an heava to be acted for our entertainment, in which two very pretty young women were the actresses.  This heava was somewhat different from the one I saw before, and not so entertaining.  Oreo, after it was over, accompanied us on board, together with two of his friends.

The following day was spent much in the same manner; and early in the morning of the 14th, I sent Mr Pickersgill, with the Resolution’s launch, and Adventure’s cutter, to Otaha, to procure an additional supply of bananoes, and plantains, for a sea-store; for we could get little more of these articles at Ulietea than were sufficient for present consumption.  Oreo, and some of his friends, paid me a pretty early visit this morning.  I acquainted the chief, that I would dine with him, and desired he would order two pigs to be dressed after their manner, which he accordingly did, and, about one o’clock, I, and the officers and gentlemen of both ships, went to partake of them.  When we came to the chiefs house, we found the cloth laid; that is, green leaves were strewed thick on the floor.  Round them we seated ourselves; presently one of the pigs came over my head souce upon the leaves, and immediately after the other; both so hot as hardly to be touched.  The table was garnished round with hot bread-fruit and plantains, and a quantity of cocoa-nuts brought for drink.  Each man being ready, with his knife in his hand, we turned to without ceremony; and it must be owned, in favour of their cookery, that victuals were never cleaner, nor better dressed.  For, though the pigs were served up whole, and one weighed between fifty and sixty pounds, and the other about half as much, yet all the parts were equally well done, and eat much sweeter than if dressed in any of our methods.  The chief and his son, and some other of his male friends, eat with us, and