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he would have presented to me, as a peace-offering. 

 I rejected it, and ordered him out of my sight ; and 

 having embarked with the deserter on board the 

 first boat that arrived, returned to the ships. After 

 this, harmony was again restored. The fellow had 

 nothing to say in his defence, but that the natives 

 had enticed him away ; and this might in part be true, 

 as it was certain that Paha, and also the two women 

 above mentioned, had been at the ship the day be- 

 fore he deserted. As it appeared that he had re- 

 mained upon his post till within a few minutes of the 

 time when he was to have been relieved, the punish- 

 ment that I inflicted upon him was not very severe. 



Though we had separated from Omai, we were still 

 near enough to have intelligence of his proceeding - 9 

 and I had desired to hear from him. Accordingly, 

 about a fortnight after our arrival at Ulietea, he sent 

 two of his people in a canoe ; who brought me the 

 satisfactory intelligence, that he remained undisturbed 

 by the people of the island, and that every thing 

 went well with him, except that his goat had died in 

 kidding. He accompanied this intelligence with a 

 request, that I would send him another goat, and 

 two axes. Being happy to have this additional op- 

 portunity of serving him, the messengers were sent 

 back to Huaheine, on the 18th, with the axes, and 

 two kids, male and female, which were spared for 

 him out of the Discovery. 



The next day, I delivered to captain Clerke in- 

 structions how to proceed, in case of being separated 

 from me, after leaving these islands ; and it may not 

 be improper to give them a place here. 



By Captain James Cook, Commander of his Majesty 9 s 



Sloop the Resolution. 



" WHEREAS the passage from the Society Islands 

 to the northern coast of America, is of considerable 



