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that were with me in my former voyage, by name ; 

 although I do not remember that he was personally 

 acquainted with any of us. He promised that I 

 should have some hogs the next day ; but I had 

 much ado to obtain a promise from him to visit on 

 board. He said he was mataou no to poupoue, that is, 

 afraid of the guns. Indeed, all his actions showed 

 him to be a timorous prince. He was about thirty 

 years of age, six feet high, and a fine, personable, 

 well made man as one can see. All his subjects 

 appeared uncovered before him, his father not ex- 

 cepted. What is meant by uncovering, is the mak- 

 ing bare the head and shoulders, or wearing no sort 

 of cloathing above the breast. 



When I returned from Oparree, I found the tents, 

 and the astronomer's observatories, set up, on the 

 same spot where we observed the transit of Venus in 

 1769. In the afternoon I had the sick landed ; 

 twenty from the Adventure all ill of the scurvy ; and 

 one from the Resolution. I also landed some ma- 

 rines for a guard, and left the command to Lieu- 

 tenant Edgcumbe of the marines. 



On the 27th, early in the morning, Otoo, at- 

 tended by a numerous train, paid me a visit. He 

 first sent into the ship a large quantity of cloth, fruits, 

 a hog, and two large fish ; and, after some persua- 

 sion, came aboard himself, with his sister, a younger 

 brother, and several more of his attendants. To 

 all of them I made presents ; and, after breakfast, 

 took the king, his sister, and as many more as 

 I had room for, into my boat, and carried them 

 home to Oparree. I had no sooner landed than 

 I w r as met by a venerable old lady, the mother of the 

 late Toutaha. She seized me by both hands, and 

 burst into a flood of tears, saying, Toutaha Tiyo no 

 Toutee matty Toutaha (Toutaha, your friend, or 

 the friend of Cook, is dead). I was so much af- 

 fected with her behaviour, that it would have been 

 impossible for me to have refrained mingling my 



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