246 cook's first voyage july, 



Royal bay, at Otaheite, S. 70° 45' E. distant 61 

 miles ; and an island, which we took to be Saunders's 

 Island, called by the natives Tapoamanao, bore S. 

 S. W. We also saw land bearing N. W. ^ W. which 

 Tiipia said was Huaheine. 



On the 15th, it was hazy, with light breezes and 

 calms succeeding each other, so that we could see 

 no land, and made but little way. Our Indian, Tu- 

 pia, often prayed for a wind to his god Tane, and 

 as often boasted of his success, which indeed he took 

 a very effectual method to secure, for he never began 

 his address to Tane, till he saw a breeze so near that 

 he knew it must reach the ship before his oraison 

 was well over. 



On the l6th, we had a gende breeze ; and in the 

 morning about eight o'clock, being close in with the 

 north-west part of the island Huaheine, we sounded, 

 but had no bottom with 80 fathom. Some canoes 

 very soon came ofli but the people seemed afraid, and 

 kept at a distance till they discovered Tupia, and 

 then they ventured nearer. In one of the canoes 

 that came up to the ship's side, was the king of the 

 island and his wife. Upon assurances of friendship, 

 frequently and earnestly repeated, their majesties 

 and some others came on board. At first they were 

 struck with astonishment, and wondered at every thing 

 that was shewn them ; yet they made no inquiries, 

 and seeming to be satisfied with what was offered to 

 their notice, they made no search after other objects 

 of curiosity, with which it was natural to suppose a 

 building of such novelty and magnitude as the ship 

 must abound. After some time, they became more 

 familiar. I was given to understand, that the name 

 of the king was Oree, and he proposed, as a mark of 

 amity, that we should exchange names. To this I 

 readily consented ; and he was Cookee, for so he 

 pronounced my name, and I was Oree, for the rest 

 of the time we were together. We found these people 

 to be very nearly the sauie with those of Otaheite, in 



