him, he chose merely by an outward shew of moderation and wisdom to give a sort of passive consent, and to remain by this means the spec- tator rather than the actor in the scene, and so to avoid if possible the odium of being an ac- complice in the murder of so brave and good a man. A few days now elapsed, and Toobo Nuha was still among the number of the living. One evening, about an hour before sun-set, the king desn-ed Mr. Mariner to accompany him and his daughter to Mahina Fekite, about three quar- ters of a mile off; he was going, he said, to consult an old chief, Toge he Mooana, who resided there, upon some political business. Finow usually carried out with him a large whaling knife, (the blade of which was two feet long and three inches wide ;) Mr. Mariner, ob- serving, on this occasion, that he did not take his knife, asked him if he should take it and carry it for him^; he replied. No, I have no need of it: the other obeyed, and followed* him and his daughter, unarmed. In their way they came near to a pool, and Finow stepped aside to bathe, previously sending an attendant to Toobo Nuha, to desire him to come to him. By the time he had done bathing Toobo Nuha
- When several persons walk together, it is customary
for one to follow another in a row.
