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Ulhietea

July 1769

& a pig as a present To each of these ladies was given a spike nail & some beads with which they seemd much pleasd Tupia who has always expressd much fear of the men of Bola Bola says that they have conquerd this Island & will tomorrow come down & fight with us we therefore lose no time in going ashore as we are to have today to ourselves on landing Tupia repeated the ceremony of praying as at Huahine after which an English Jack was set up on shore & Captn Cooke took possession of this & the other three Islands in sight viz. Huahine Otahah & Bola Bola for the use of his Britannick majesty After this we walk together to a great Marai Kaimo belong to calld Tapodeboatea whatever he is that may signifie it is different from those of Otahite being no more than walls about 8 feet high of Coral Stones (some of an immense size) filld up with smaller ones the whole ornamented with many planks set upon their ends & carvd their whole lengh. in the neighbourhood of this we found the altar or Ewhatta upon which lay the last sacrafice a hog of about 80 pounds weight which had been put up there whole & very nicely roasted here were also 4 or 5 Ewharre no Eatua

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