The  King  threw  over  Lono's  shoulders  his  own  cloak,
placed  his  own  helmet  on  his  head,  and  placed  in  his
hands  a  curious  fan,  one  of  the  insignia  of  royalty.  He
presented  other  cloaks  of  great  beauty  and  value.  The
offerings  of  pigs  and  fruit  were  then  made  with  religious
rites  and  responsive  chants.  The  ceremony  concluded
with  an  exchange  of  names,  the  greatest  possible  pledge
of  friendship.  The  King  and  some  of  his  chiefs  were
then  carried  in  the  pinnace  to  the  flag-ship,  where  they
were  received  with  due  honour.  Cook  gave  Kalaniopuu
a  linen  shirt,  and  his  hanger  or  cutlass.  This  rather  re-
minds the  reader  of  the  reciprocity  in  dealing  between
the  Dutch  settlers  at  New  York  and  the  natives  there,
described  by  Knickerbocker,  and  the  system  of  weights
established  in  buying  furs,  according  to  which  a  Dutch-
man's hand  in  one  scale  was  a  pound,  and  his  foot  was
equivalent  to  two  pounds.
Profound  silence  reigned  in  the  bay  during  these
ceremonious  visits ;  no  canoe  was  afloat ;  and  on  shore
the  few  inhabitants  who  were  visible  were  lying  prostrate
on  the  ground.  Afterwards,  at  Captain  Cook's  request,
the  tabu  was  removed  as  far  as  related  to  the  King's


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male  subjects,  but  the  females  were  still  interdicted  all
communication.
