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Gilbert, to endeavour to recover the anchors we had 

 left behind us. They returned about noon with the 

 Resolution's bower anchor ; but could not recover 

 any of the Adventure's. The natives came off again 

 with fruit, as the day before, but in no great quantity. 

 I also had a party on shore, trading under the pro- 

 tection of a guard ; nothing, however, was brought 

 to market but fruit and roots, though many hogs 

 were seen (I was told) about the houses of the natives. 

 The cry was that they belonged to Waheatoua the 

 Earee cle hi, or king ; and him we had not yet seen, 

 nor, I believe, any other chief of note ; many, how- 

 ever, who called themselves Earees, came on board, 

 partly with a view of getting presents, and partly to 

 pilfer whatever came in their way. 



One of this sort of Earees I had, most of the day, 

 in the cabin, and made presents to him and all his 

 friends, which were not a few. At length lie was 

 caught taking things which did not belong to him, 

 and handing them out of the quarter-gallery. Many 

 complaints of the like nature were made to me 

 against those on deck ; which occasioned my turning 

 them all out of the ship. My cabin guest made good 

 haste to be gone. I was so much exasperated at his 

 behaviour, that after he had got some distance from 

 the ship, I fired two muskets over his head, which 

 made him quit the canoe, and take to the water. I 

 then sent a boat to take up the canoe ; but as she 

 came near the shore, the people from thence began 

 to pelt her with stones. Being in some pain for her 

 safety, as she was unarmed, I went myself in another 

 boat to protect her, and ordered a great gun, loaded 

 with ball, to be fired along the coast, which made 

 them all retire from the shore, and I was suffered to 

 bring away two canoes without the least show of 

 opposition. In one of the canoes was a little boy, 

 who was much frightened ; but I soon dissipated his 

 fears, by giving him beads, and putting him on shore. 

 A few hours after we were all good friends again ; 



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