These men, acting as interpreters, conveyed to the king the messages sent by the admiral; and in return informed Ned that the king was, in all ways, most anxious to express his pleasure to the admiral; and that, on the morrow, he would himself visit him on board ship.

He also, as a pledge, delivered his own signet ring to Ned, to carry on board.
Having returned on board ship with these messages, they waited for the morrow, when three large canoes put off from the shore.

In these were the greatest personages on the island.

They sat in the canoes in accordance with their rank, the old men in the stern.
Next to these were divers others, also attired in white, but with differences in the way in which the clothes were worn.

These also had their places under the awning of reeds.