Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . J^-. O V O L A U. 59 all his people, remarkably hairy. After presenting him to the officers,and receiving the rest of his suite, I led him to the after part of thedeck, where mats were laid down, and we all seated ourselves to holda council; for I was anxious to finish first the business for which Ihad particularly sought the interview: this was to procure the adop-tion of rules and regulations for the intercourse with foreign vessels,similar to those established in the Samoan Group the year p
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . J^-. O V O L A U. 59 all his people, remarkably hairy. After presenting him to the officers,and receiving the rest of his suite, I led him to the after part of thedeck, where mats were laid down, and we all seated ourselves to holda council; for I was anxious to finish first the business for which Ihad particularly sought the interview: this was to procure the adop-tion of rules and regulations for the intercourse with foreign vessels,similar to those established in the Samoan Group the year Whippy became my interpreter, but Tanoa had too much dig-nity about him to receive the interpretation through Whippy alone,although he understood all that he said perfectly, for Whippy speakstheir language well; bat he had his speech-explaining counsellor,Malani-vanua Vakanduna, or prime minister, who was a remarkablygood-looking, intelligent man. Whippy gave his name as Korotum-bavalu, and said that he had great influence with the king. It wasamusing to see their mode of conducting the
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