On the 4th, a party of us dined ashore with Omai, who gave excellent fare, consisting of fish, fowls, pork, and puddings.  After dinner, I attended Otoo, who had been one of the party, back to his house, where I found all his servants very busy getting a quantity of provisions ready for me.  Amongst other articles, there was a large hog, which they killed in my presence.  The entrails were divided into eleven portions, in such a manner that each of them contained a bit of every thing.  These portions were distributed to the servants, and some dressed theirs in the same oven with the hog, while others carried off, undressed, what had come to their share.  There was also a large pudding, the whole process in making which, I saw.  It was composed of bread-fruit, ripe plantains, taro, and palm or pandanus nuts, each rasped, scraped, or beat up fine, and baked by itself.  A quantity of juice, expressed from cocoa-nut kernels, was put into a large tray or wooden vessel.  The other articles, hot from the oven, were deposited in this vessel; and a few hot stones were also put in to make the contents simmer.  Three or four men made use of sticks to stir the several ingredients, till they were incorporated one with another, and the juice of the cocoa-nut was turned to oil; so that the whole mass, at last, became of the consistency of a hasty-pudding.  Some of these puddings are excellent; and few that we make in England equal them.  I seldom or never dined without one when I could get it, which was not always the case.  Otoo’s hog being baked, and the pudding, which I have described, being made, they, together with two living hogs, and a quantity of bread-fruit and cocoa-nuts, were put into a canoe, and sent on board my ship, followed by myself, and all the royal family.

The following evening, a young ram, of the Cape breed, that had been lambed, and with great care brought up on board the ship, was killed by a dog.  Incidents are of more or less consequence, as connected with situation.  In our present situation, desirous as I was to propagate this useful race amongst these islands, the loss of the ram was a serious misfortune; as it was the only one I had of that breed; and I had only one of the English breed left.

In the evening of the 7th, we played off some fireworks before a great concourse of people.  Some were highly entertained with the exhibition; but by far the greater number of spectators were terribly frightened; insomuch, that it was with difficulty we could prevail upon them to keep together to see the end of the shew.  A table-rocket was the last.  It flew off the table, and dispersed the whole crowd in a moment; even the most resolute among them fled with precipitation.