3.50 cook's sfxond voyage may, 



they were in excellent condition. From this circum- 

 stance, we may hope that, in a few years, they will 

 have some to spare to their neighbours ; and, by that 

 means, they may in time spread over all the isles in 

 this ocean. The sheep which we left, died soon 

 after, excepting one, which we understood was yet 

 alive. We have also furnished them with a stock of 

 cats ; no less than twenty having been given away at 

 at this isle, besides what were left at Ulietea and 

 Huaheine. 



