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" full value thereof will be charged against his pay, 

 " according to the custom of the navy in such cases; 

 " and he shall receive such farther punishment as 

 ** the nature of the offence may deserve. 



" IV. The same penalty will be inflicted on every 

 " person who is found to embezzle, trade, or offer 

 " to trade, with any part of the ship's stores of what 

 " nature soever. 



" V. No sort of iron, or any thing that is made 

 ** of iron, or any sort of cloth, or other useful or 

 " necessary articles, are to be given in exchange for 

 " any thing but provision. 



** J. Cook." 



As soon as the ship was properly secured, I went 

 on shore with Mr. Banks and Dr. Solan der, a party 

 of men under arms, and our friend Owhaw. We 

 were received from the boat by some hundreds of 

 the inhabitants, whose looks at least gave us welcome, 

 though they were struck with such awe, that the 

 first who approached us crouched so low that he 

 almost crept upon his hands and knees. It is re- 

 markable that he, like the people in the canoes, 

 presented to us the same symbol of peace that is 

 known to have been in use among the ancient and 

 mighty nations of the northern hemisphere, the 

 green branch of a tree. We received it with looks 

 and gestures of kindness and satisfaction ; and ob- 

 serving that each of them held one in his hand, we 

 immediately gathered every one a bough, and carried 

 it in our hands in the same manner. 



They marched with us about half a mile towards 

 the place where the Dolphin had watered, conducted 

 by Owhaw ; they then made a full stop, and having 

 laid the ground bare, by clearing away all the plants 

 that grew upon it, the principal persons among them 

 threw their green branches upon the naked spot, and 

 made signs that we should do the same ; we imme- 

 diately showed our readiness to comply, and to give 



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