and two large hogs. "The woman," says the captain, "looked round upon our people with great attention, fixing her eyes sometimes upon one, and sometimes upon another, and at last burst into tears. The young man who brought her over the river, perceiving the gunner's concern and astonishment, made another speech longer than the first. Still, however, the woman's distress was a mystery; but at length she made him understand that her husband and three of her sons had been killed in the attack on the ship. During this explanation she was so affected that at last she sunk down unable to speak, and the two young men, who endeavoured to support her, appeared to be nearly in the same condition; they were probably two more of her sons, or some very near relations. The gunner did all in his power to sooth and comfort her; and when she had in some measure recovered her recollection, she ordered the two hogs to be delivered to him, and gave him her hand in token of friendship, but would accept nothing in return, though he offered her ten times as much as would have purchased the hogs at market.”*

On the 21st July, the queen again came on board, and brought several hogs as a present, for which, as usual, she would accept no recompense. On her departure, the captain accompanied her on shore, where he was very kindly treated, and remained during the day. As he was parting in the evening, he intimated that he would leave the island in seven days, which she instantly comprehended, and expressed a desire that he would extend them to twenty. "I again,"

* Hawkesworth's Coll. vol. i. pp. 244, 245.

says the commander, "" made signs that I must go in seven days, upon which she burst into tears, and it was not without great difficulty that she was pacified."

On the morning of the 25th, a party, consisting of forty seamen and all the marines, was sent out to explore the interior of the island. The instructions given to them would almost lead us to think that the expedition had been fitted out with the expectation of discovering regions abounding in gold and silver: They were directed to "examine the soil and produce of the country, noting the trees and plants which they should find, and when they saw any stream from the mountains, to trace it to its source, and observe whether it was tinctured with any mineral or ore." While they were absent an eclipse of the sun was observed, and the queen was shown the powers of the telescope, which excited in her "a mixture of wonder and delight which no language can describe." With a view to the security of the party, Wallis invited her and several of the chiefs on board, to partake of a dinner which was prepared for the occasion; but her majesty would neither eat nor drink. In the evening the men returned, and reported that they had "proceeded up the valley as far as they could, searching all the runs of water, and all the places where water had run, for appearances of metal or ore," but had found none. Shortly after, the great lady and her attendants departed, and on leaving, asked her host if he still persisted in quitting the island at the time he had fixed;" and when," says he, “I made her understand that it was impossible I should stay longer,

she expressed her regret by a flood of tears, which for a while took away her speech."*

The next day, the ship being completely supplied with wood and water, preparations were made for sailing. The island princess came on board with presents, and renewed her solicitations that Wallis would remain ten days longer, and on receiving a negative, burst as usual into tears. She then inquired when he would return, and on his intimating in fifty days, she tried to reduce the period to thirty. She remained in the Dolphin till night, and when told that the boat was ready to conduct her on shore, she threw herself down on the arm-chest, and wept very passionately; and it was with the greatest difficulty that she was prevailed on to quit the vessel. The next morning, that of the 27th July, she again came to see her friends, "but not being able to speak, she sat down and gave vent to her passion by weeping ;" and it was not until they were under sail that she took her departure, "embracing us all," says the narrator," in the most affectionate manner, and with many tears." Soon after, the ship was becalmed, when the queen again came off in her canoe, in the bow of which "she sat weeping with inconsolable sorrow." The captain gave her various articles which he thought would be of use to her, and others that were merely ornamental; and, as he remarks," she silently accepted of all, but took little notice of any thing." About ten o'clock, a fresh breeze springing up, the ship cleared the reef, when the natives, and particularly the queen, once more bade them farewell, "with such tenderness of affection and grief,”

* Hawkesworth's Coll. vol. i. p. 251.