Tuesday 28.

The next morning early I received a message from Otoo to inform me of his arrival and requesting that I would send a boat for him; which I immediately did with an officer (Mr. Christian) to conduct him on board.  He came with numerous attendants and expressed much satisfaction at our meeting.  After introducing his wife to me we joined noses, the customary manner of saluting, and to perpetuate our friendship he desired we should exchange names.  I was surprised to find that instead of Otoo, the name by which he formerly went, he was now called Tinah.  The name of Otoo, with the title of Earee Rahie, I was informed had devolved to his eldest son who was yet a minor, as is the custom of the country.  The name of Tinah’s wife was Iddeah:  with her was a woman dressed with a large quantity of cloth in the form of a hoop, which was taken off and presented to me with a large hog and some breadfruit.  I then took my visitors into the cabin and after a short time produced my presents in return.  The present I made to Tinah (by which name I shall hereafter call him) consisted of hatchets, small adzes, files, gimblets, saws, looking-glasses, red feathers, and two shirts.  To Iddeah I gave earrings, necklaces, and beads; but she expressed a desire also for iron, and therefore I made the same assortment for her as I had for the husband.  Much conversation took place among them on the value of the different articles and they appeared extremely satisfied, so that they determined to spend the day with me and requested I would show them all over the ship, and particularly the cabin where I slept.  This though I was not fond of doing I indulged them in; and the consequence was as I had apprehended that they took a fancy to so many things that they got from me nearly as much more as I had before given them.  Afterwards Tinah desired me to fire some of the great guns:  this I likewise complied with and, as the shot fell into the sea at a great distance, all the natives expressed their surprise by loud shouts and acclamations.

I had a large company at dinner; for besides Tinah and his wife there was Otow, the father of Tinah, Oreepyah, and Whydooah, two of his brothers, Poeeno, and several other chiefs.  Tinah is a very large man, much above the common stature, being not less than six feet four inches in height and proportionably stout:  his age about thirty-five.  His wife (Iddeah) I judged to be about twenty-four years of age:  she is likewise much above the common size of the women at Otaheite and has a very animated and intelligent countenance.  Whydooah, the younger brother of Tinah, was highly spoken of as a warrior but had the character of being the greatest drunkard in the country; and indeed to judge from the withered appearance of his skin he must have used the pernicious drink called ava to great excess.  Tinah was fed by one of his attendants who sat by him for that purpose, this being a particular custom among some of the superior