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To The Reader.
The mutineers now landed , while the . best refreshments ¦ that the place afforded were immediately provided . It is impossibly to describe the pleasure which some of the females felt upon seeing their former gallants ; they were particularly assiduous in preparing the most agreeable food for their reception . Captain Bligh while he was here had a tent erected for his use ;
Christian accordingly took possession of this , and told the chiefs that Captain Bligh had appointed him commander in his stead , and that he was now Captain Christian during Bh ' g h ' s absence . To this all his accomplices agreed , and behaved to him with assumed respect .
otinstian divided Ins company into two parties , one to remain on board the vessel and one on shore , and to take it by turns . A short time after they had landed , Churchill , whom Christian had made his most constant companion , became the Tyo of a great chief in the upper districts , and received an invitation to his house . Christian , in order to court the favour of the chiefs , was remarkably profuse in his presents ; he was likewise cunning enough to take the merit of all the donations , which created a degree of jealousy between him and his confederates .
A grand Hseva was now prepared for the entertainment of Christian and his party on shore . A great number of chiefs attended , and Christian , Churchill , Heywood , & rc . were received in due form by the king and his levee . The performers consisted of two men and two women . A ring being formed , the entertainment commenced with the male performers , who began to wrestle , then throwing themselves into fri ghtful and indecent positions : after they had
displayed a number of abominable attitudes and . distortions they retired , and the two ladies came forward . Their dress was fanciful . These began to display attitudes equally disagreeable and indecent . They performed for near half an hour , during which time they never ceased the exercise . Among the ladies wrestling and the like are great accomplishments ; lddeahTinah ' s wifewas a remarkably
, , line wrestler . In short girls will come from the remotest places to acquire these great accomplishments , and attain improvement from these Hajva-entertainments . The girl who can fi ght , tumble , wrestle , & c . the best , is always the most respected .
oome short time after this anotner Hreva was performed . The ladies now , instead of wrestlin ;; -, danced ; after which a present of cloth , which the dancers always came in with round their waists , was made to Christian . There was a wrestling match between a woman and a man , wherein all difference of sex was lost si ght of , for the woman was equally if not more violent than the manand she almost broke his leg with a fall .
, As soon as he was down , some who were attending hastened to his relief , raised him from the ground , and while some held his body , others , with amazing agility , put his leg , which was sprained , to rights . The lady who had thrown him , received universal congratulations , and , indeed , she was not a little proud of her triumph .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To The Reader.
The mutineers now landed , while the . best refreshments ¦ that the place afforded were immediately provided . It is impossibly to describe the pleasure which some of the females felt upon seeing their former gallants ; they were particularly assiduous in preparing the most agreeable food for their reception . Captain Bligh while he was here had a tent erected for his use ;
Christian accordingly took possession of this , and told the chiefs that Captain Bligh had appointed him commander in his stead , and that he was now Captain Christian during Bh ' g h ' s absence . To this all his accomplices agreed , and behaved to him with assumed respect .
otinstian divided Ins company into two parties , one to remain on board the vessel and one on shore , and to take it by turns . A short time after they had landed , Churchill , whom Christian had made his most constant companion , became the Tyo of a great chief in the upper districts , and received an invitation to his house . Christian , in order to court the favour of the chiefs , was remarkably profuse in his presents ; he was likewise cunning enough to take the merit of all the donations , which created a degree of jealousy between him and his confederates .
A grand Hseva was now prepared for the entertainment of Christian and his party on shore . A great number of chiefs attended , and Christian , Churchill , Heywood , & rc . were received in due form by the king and his levee . The performers consisted of two men and two women . A ring being formed , the entertainment commenced with the male performers , who began to wrestle , then throwing themselves into fri ghtful and indecent positions : after they had
displayed a number of abominable attitudes and . distortions they retired , and the two ladies came forward . Their dress was fanciful . These began to display attitudes equally disagreeable and indecent . They performed for near half an hour , during which time they never ceased the exercise . Among the ladies wrestling and the like are great accomplishments ; lddeahTinah ' s wifewas a remarkably
, , line wrestler . In short girls will come from the remotest places to acquire these great accomplishments , and attain improvement from these Hajva-entertainments . The girl who can fi ght , tumble , wrestle , & c . the best , is always the most respected .
oome short time after this anotner Hreva was performed . The ladies now , instead of wrestlin ;; -, danced ; after which a present of cloth , which the dancers always came in with round their waists , was made to Christian . There was a wrestling match between a woman and a man , wherein all difference of sex was lost si ght of , for the woman was equally if not more violent than the manand she almost broke his leg with a fall .
, As soon as he was down , some who were attending hastened to his relief , raised him from the ground , and while some held his body , others , with amazing agility , put his leg , which was sprained , to rights . The lady who had thrown him , received universal congratulations , and , indeed , she was not a little proud of her triumph .