QG cook's VOYAGE TO OCT. 



cape convinced me, that my people had been very 

 remiss in their night-duty ; which made it necessary 

 to punish those who were now in fault, and to estab- 

 lish some new regulations to prevent the like 

 negligence for the future. I was not a little pleased 

 to hear afterward, that the fellow who escaped, had 

 transported himself to Ulietea ; in this, seconding 

 my views of putting him a second time in irons. 



As soon as Omai was settled in his new habit- 

 ation, I began to think of leaving the island ; and got 

 every thing off from the shore this evening, except 

 the horse and mare, and a goat big with kid ; which 

 were left in the possession of our friend, with whom 

 we were now finally to part. I also gave him a boar 

 and two sows of the English breed ; and he had got 

 a sow or two of his own. The horse covered the 

 mare while we were at Otaheite ; so that I consider 

 the introduction of a breed of horses into these 

 islands, as likely to have succeeded by this Valuable 

 present. 



The history of Omai will, perhaps, interest a very 

 numerous class of readers, more than any other oc- 

 currence of a voyage, the objects of which do not, 

 in general, promise much entertainment. Every 

 circumstance, therefore, which may serve to con- 

 vey a satisfactory account of the exact situation in 

 which he was left will be thought worth preserving ; 

 and the following particulars are added, to complete 

 the view of his domestic establishment. He had picked 

 up at Otatheite four or five Toutous ; the two New 

 Zealand youths remained with him ; and his brother, 

 and some others, joined him at Huaheine ; so that 

 his family consisted already of eight or ten persons; 

 if that can be called a family, to which not a single 

 female as yet belonged ; nor, I doubt, was likely to 

 belong, unless its master became less volatile. At 

 present, Omai did not seem at all disposed to take 

 unto himself a wife. 



The house which we erected for him, was twenty- 



