{"id":"01KG8AKYRG28SB5HJEDS4JWRYY","cid":"bafkreif2zvjqp5c26vk2kpfcq4euy4lstysnx5yx2q2rmr5nnqjvxtjphe","type":"chunk","properties":{"end_line":5674,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:15.149Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Chunk 1","source_file":"01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ","start_line":5595,"text":"CHAPTER XL.\r\nWE TAKE UNTO OURSELVES FRIENDS\r\n\r\n\r\nThe arrival of the chests made my friend, the doctor, by far the\r\nwealthiest man of the party. So much the better for me, seeing that I\r\nhad little or nothing myself; though, from our intimacy, the natives\r\ncourted my favour almost as much as his.\r\n\r\nAmong others, Kooloo was a candidate for my friendship; and being a\r\ncomely youth, quite a buck in his way, I accepted his overtures. By\r\nthis, I escaped the importunities of the rest; for be it known that,\r\nthough little inclined to jealousy in love matters, the Tahitian will\r\nhear of no rivals in his friendship.\r\n\r\nKooloo, running over his qualifications as a friend, first of all\r\ninformed me that he was a “Mickonaree,” thus declaring his communion\r\nwith the church.\r\n\r\nThe way this “tayo” of mine expressed his regard was by assuring me\r\nover and over again that the love he bore me was “nuee, nuee, nuee,” or\r\ninfinitesimally extensive. All over these seas, the word “nuee” is\r\nsignificant of quantity. Its repetition is like placing ciphers at the\r\nright hand of a numeral; the more places you carry it out to, the\r\ngreater the sum. Judge, then, of Kooloo’s esteem. Nor is the allusion\r\nto the ciphers at all inappropriate, seeing that, in themselves,\r\nKooloo’s profession turned out to be worthless. He was, alas! as\r\nsounding brass and a tinkling cymbal; one of those who make no music\r\nunless the clapper be silver.\r\n\r\nIn the course of a few days, the sailors, like the doctor and myself,\r\nwere cajoled out of everything, and our “tayos,” all round, began to\r\ncool off quite sensibly. So remiss did they become in their attentions\r\nthat we could no longer rely upon their bringing us the daily supply of\r\nfood, which all of them had faithfully promised.\r\n\r\nAs for Kooloo, after sponging me well, he one morning played the part\r\nof a retrograde lover; informing me that his affections had undergone a\r\nchange; he had fallen in love at first sight with a smart sailor, who\r\nhad just stepped ashore quite flush from a lucky whaling-cruise.\r\n\r\nIt was a touching interview, and with it, our connection dissolved. But\r\nthe sadness which ensued would soon have been dissipated, had not my\r\nsensibilities been wounded by his indelicately sporting some of my\r\ngifts very soon after this transfer of his affections. Hardly a day\r\npassed that I did not meet him on the Broom Road, airing himself in a\r\nregatta shirt which I had given him in happier hours.\r\n\r\nHe went by with such an easy saunter too, looking me pleasantly in the\r\neye, and merely exchanging the cold salute of the road:—“Yar onor,\r\nboyoee,” a mere sidewalk how d’ye do. After several experiences like\r\nthis, I began to entertain a sort of respect for Kooloo, as quite a man\r\nof the world. In good sooth, he turned out to be one; in one week’s\r\ntime giving me the cut direct, and lounging by without even nodding. He\r\nmust have taken me for part of the landscape.\r\n\r\nBefore the chests were quite empty, we had a grand washing in the\r\nstream of our best raiment, for the purpose of looking tidy, and\r\nvisiting the European chapel in the village. Every Sunday morning it is\r\nopen for divine service, some member of the mission officiating. This\r\nwas the first time we ever entered Papeetee unattended by an escort.\r\n\r\nIn the chapel there were about forty people present, including the\r\nofficers of several ships in harbour. It was an energetic discourse,\r\nand the pulpit cushion was well pounded. Occupying a high seat in the\r\nsynagogue, and stiff as a flagstaff, was our beloved guardian, Wilson.\r\nI shall never forget his look of wonder when his interesting wards\r\nfiled in at the doorway, and took up a seat directly facing him.\r\n\r\nService over, we waited outside in hopes of seeing more of him; but\r\nsorely annoyed at the sight of us, he reconnoitred from the window, and\r\nnever came forth until we had started for home.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCHAPTER XLI.\r\nWE LEVY CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE SHIPPING\r\n\r\n\r","title":"Chunk 1"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG8AJK7B9HHH7ZRHG93XNK0P","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1H7Y803CZ7X80F0QFHZ","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AKYRGYQMJXZQDH8FTKVRH","peer_type":"chunk","predicate":"next"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:21.264Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:28.384Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF0H3YRP9ZSM033AM0QJ47H"}}