'The Lad Taiyota, Native of Otaheite, in the Dress of his Country' Finish:Stretched Two year old Francis Foster

Two year old Francis Foster

Many men are unable to blow the horn at all

from a donkey in mayoral cloak (Sir John Key)

Dave Irving

'The Lad Taiyota, Native of Otaheite, in the Dress of his Country' Finish:Stretched Two year old Francis FosterTaiyota (Taiata) was the young servant of Toobaiah (Tupaia), 'a sort of high priest of Otaheite [Tahiti]', and is here seen playing 'a musical instrument, somewhat like a flute, which they blow into through their noses'. Both Tupaia and Taiata travelled on with Endeavour, James Cook's voyage, but died in Batavia, on the return voyage to Europe. Illustration from A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour, by Sydney