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I did not give him time to recover ; for this was 

 early in the morning. 



When we returned to the ships, we found them 

 crowded round with canoes full of hogs, fowls, and 

 fruit, as at our first arrival. I had not been long on 

 board, before Oree himself came, to inform me, as we 

 understood, that the robbers were taken, and to de- 

 sire us to go on shore, either to punish, or to see 

 them punished ; but this could not be done, as the 

 Resolution was just under sail, and the Adventure 

 already out of the harbour. The chief stayed on 

 board till we were a full half league out at sea, then 

 took a most affectionate leave of me, and went away 

 in a canoe, conducted by one man and himself, ail 

 the others having gone long before. I was sorry that 

 it was not convenient for me to go on shore with him, 

 to see in what manner these people would have been 

 punished ; for I am satisfied, this was what brought 

 him on board. 



During our short stay at the small but fertile isle 

 of Huaheine, we procured to both ships not less than 

 three hundred hogs, beside fowls and fruits ; and, 

 had we stayed longer, might have got many more ; 

 for none of these articles of refreshment were seem- 

 ingly diminished, but appeared every where in as 

 sxreat abundance as ever. 



Before we quitted this island Captain Furneaux 

 agreed to receive on board his ship a young man 

 named Omai, a native of Ulietea, where he had had 

 some property, of which he had been dispossessed by 

 the people of Bolabola. I at first rather wondered that 

 Captain Furneaux would encumber himself with this 

 man, who, in my opinion, was not a proper sample 

 of the inhabitants of these happy islands, not having 

 any advantage of birth, or acquired rank, nor being 

 eminent in shape, figure, or complexion. For their 

 people of the first rank are much fairer, and usually 

 better behaved, and more intelligent, than the mid- 



