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now as agreeable as it was at first undesirable. I 

 was accompanied by three of the principal Russians 

 and some attendants. We embarked at the village 

 in a large skin boat, much like our large whale- 

 boats, rowing with twelve oars ; and, as we struck 

 directly across the bay, we shortened our distance 

 several miles, and the next day, passing the same 

 village I had before been at, we arrived by sunset 

 at the bay where the ships lay, and before dark I 

 got on board with my new acquaintances. The 

 satisfaction this discovery gave Cook, and the honor 

 that redounded to me, may be easily imagined, and 

 the several conjectures respecting the appearance 

 of a . foreign intercourse were rectified and con- 

 firmed." 



Having left the continent, Cook steered again 

 for the Sandwich Islands. After a voyage of two 

 months he reached the Bay of Hawaii. He and his 

 associates were at first received by the chiefs and 

 the iahabitants of the island with the most friendly 

 welcome. The populous villages which clustered 

 along the shores of the capacious bay poured out 

 their joyous inhabitants to receive him. They 

 bought and sold, and made reciprocal presents ; but, 

 before two weeks had expired, symptoms of un- 

 friendliness and suspicion on the part of the natives 

 began to appear Ledyard thus pictures some of the 



