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On following suit, I found\r\nit quite piquant, though rather bitter; but, on the whole, a capital\r\nsubstitute for salt. The Imeeose invariably use sea-water in this way,\r\ndeeming it quite a treat; and considering that their country is\r\nsurrounded by an ocean of catsup, the luxury cannot be deemed an\r\nexpensive one.\r\n\r\nThe fish were delicious; the manner of cooking them in the ground\r\npreserving all the juices, and rendering them exceedingly sweet and\r\ntender. The plantain pudding was almost cloying; the cakes of Indian\r\nturnip, quite palatable; and the roasted bread-fruit, crisp as toast.\r\n\r\nDuring the meal, a native lad walked round and round the party,\r\ncarrying a long staff of bamboo. This he occasionally tapped upon the\r\ncloth, before each guest; when a white clotted substance dropped forth,\r\nwith a savour not unlike that of a curd. This proved to be “Lownee,” an\r\nexcellent relish, prepared from the grated meat of ripe cocoa-nuts,\r\nmoistened with cocoa-nut milk and salt water, and kept perfectly tight\r\nuntil a little past the saccharine stage of fermentation.\r\n\r\nThroughout the repast there was much lively chatting among the\r\nislanders, in which their conversational powers quite exceeded ours.\r\nThe young ladies, too, showed themselves very expert in the use of\r\ntheir tongues, and contributed much to the gaiety which prevailed.\r\n\r\nNor did these lively nymphs suffer the meal to languish; for upon the\r\ndoctor’s throwing himself back, with an air of much satisfaction, they\r\nsprang to their feet, and pelted him with oranges and guavas. This, at\r\nlast, put an end to the entertainment.\r\n\r\nBy a hundred whimsical oddities, my long friend became a great\r\nfavourite with these people; and they bestowed upon him a long, comical\r\ntitle, expressive of his lank figure and Koora combined. The latter, by\r\nthe bye, never failed to excite the remark of everybody we encountered.\r\n\r\nThe giving of nicknames is quite a passion with the people of Tahiti\r\nand Imeeo. No one with any peculiarity, whether of person or temper, is\r\nexempt; not even strangers.\r\n\r\nA pompous captain of a man-of-war, visiting Tahiti for the second time,\r\ndiscovered that, among the natives, he went by the dignified title of\r\n“Atee Poee”—literally, Poee Head, or Pudding Head. Nor is the highest\r\nrank among themselves any protection. The first husband of the present\r\nqueen was commonly known in the court circles as “Pot Belly.” He\r\ncarried the greater part of his person before him, to be sure; and so\r\ndid the gentlemanly George IV.—but what a title for a king consort!\r\n\r\nEven “Pomaree” itself, the royal patronymic, was, originally, a mere\r\nnickname; and literally signifies, one talking through his nose. The\r\nfirst monarch of that name, being on a war party, and sleeping\r\novernight among the mountains, awoke one morning with a cold in his\r\nhead; and some wag of a courtier had no more manners than to vulgarize\r\nhim thus.\r\n\r\nHow different from the volatile Polynesian in this, as in all other\r\nrespects, is our grave and decorous North American Indian. While the\r\nformer bestows a name in accordance with some humorous or ignoble\r\ntrait, the latter seizes upon what is deemed the most exalted or\r\nwarlike: and hence, among the red tribes, we have the truly patrician\r\nappellations of “White Eagles,” “Young Oaks,” “Fiery Eyes,” and “Bended\r\nBows.”\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 2"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJMWJ4YQ4MFXKN10F0MX9","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AKW3H6YKZ5QWXWY6XYQAS","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"prev"},{"peer":"01KG8AKW3HZAYPPZ4VDET6V86B","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"next"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:18.545Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:31.744Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}