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the plantations, were running about some hogs and 

 very large tbwls, which were the only domestic 

 animals we saw ; and these they did not seem willing 

 to part with. Nor did any one, during the whole 

 day, offer in exchange any fruit, or roots, worth 

 mentioning ; which determined me to leave this 

 island, and to visit that of Amsterdam. 



The evening brought every one on board, highly 

 delighted with the country, and the very obliging 

 behaviour of the inhabitants ; who seemed to vie with 

 each other in doing what they thought would give 

 us pleasure. The ships were crowded with people 

 the whole day, trafficking with those on board, in 

 which the greatest good order was observed ; and I 

 was sorry that the season of the year would not admit 

 of my making a longer stay with them. Early the 

 next morning, while the ships were getting under 

 sail, I went ashore with Captain Furneaux and Mr. 

 Forster, to take leave of the chief. He met us at 

 the landing-place, and would have conducted us to 

 his house, had we not excused ourselves. We there- 

 fore were seated on the grass, where we spent about 

 half an hour in the midst of a vast crowd of people. 

 After making the chief a present, consisting of 

 various articles, and an assortment of garden seeds, 

 I gave him to understand that we were going away, 

 at which he seemed not at all moved. He, and two 

 or three more, came into our boat, in order to ac- 

 company us on board ; but seeing the Resolution 

 under sail, he called to a canoe to put along-side, 

 into which he and his friends went, and returned on 

 shore. While he remained in our boat, he continued 

 to exchange fish-hooks for nails, and engrossed the 

 trade in a manner wholly to himself; but when on 

 shore, I never saw him make the least exchange. 



