Viii LIFE OF CAPTAIN COOK. 



into his possession the person of the king ; but in 

 doing this a crowd assembled, and the brave com- 

 mander fell by a club, after which he was dispatched 

 by a dagger ; and his body was carried off in tri- 

 umph and devoured. This melancholy event oc- 

 curred in the morning of the 14th February, 1779. 

 Captain Cook left a widow and family ; on the 

 former a pension of 200/. a year was settled by the^ 

 king, and 25/. a-year on each of the children. 



