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give them. To the principal of these two men I 

 gave the pigs, fowls, seeds, and roots. I believe, at 

 first, he did not think I meant to give them to him ; 

 for he took but little notice of them, till he was satis- 

 fied they were for himself. Nor was he then in such 

 a rapture as when I gave him a spike-nail half the 

 length of his arm. However, at his going away, I 

 took notice, that he very well remembered how many 

 pigs and fowls had been given him, as he took care 

 to have them all collected together, and kept a watch- 

 ful eye over them, lest any should be taken away. 

 He made me a promise not to kill any ; and if he 

 keeps his word, and proper care is taken of them, 

 there were enough to stock the whole island in due 

 time; being two boars, two sows, four hens, two cocks. 

 The seeds were such as are most useful, viz. wheat, 

 French and kidney beans, pease, cabbage, turnips, 

 onions, carrots, parsnips, and yams, &c. With these 

 articles they were dismissed. It was evident these 

 people had not forgot the Endeavour being on their 

 coast ; for the first words they spoke to us were, Ma- 

 taou no te pow pow (we are afraid of the guns). As 

 they could be no strangers to the affair w T hich happen- 

 ed off Cape Kidnapper in my former voyage, expe- 

 rience had taught them to have some regard to these 

 instruments of death. 



As soon as they were gone, we stretched off to the 

 southward, the wind having now veered to the W. S. 

 W. In the afternoon it increased to a fresh gale, 

 and blew in squalls ; in one of which we lost our fore- 

 top-gallant mast, having carried the sail a little too 

 long. The fear of losing the land induced me to 

 carry as much sail as possible. At seven in the morn- 

 ing, we tacked and stretched in shore, Cape Turna- 

 gain, at this time, bore about N. W. % N., distant six 

 or seven leagues. The Adventure, being a good way 

 to leeward, we supposed, did not observe the signal, 

 but stood on ; consequently was separated from us. 

 During the night (which was spent in plying) the 



