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Sound, or in any part of its neighbourhood? He began with p'7''7- 

 giving an account of one abfolutely unknown to us. This, he 

 faid, had put into a port on the North Weft coaftof Teerawitte, 

 but a very few years before I arrived in the Sound in the En- 

 deavour, which the New Zealanders diftinguifli, by calling 

 Tupia's fhip. At firft, I thought he might have been miftaken 

 as to the time and place ; and that the fhip in queftion might 

 be eitherMonfieurSurville's, who is faid to have touched upon 

 the North Eaft coaft of Eaheinomauwe, the fame year I was 

 there in the Endeavour; or elfe Monfieur Marion du Frefne's, 

 who was in the Bay of Iflands, on the fame coaft, a few 

 years after. But he afTured us, that he was not miftaken, 

 either as to the time, or as to the place of this fhip's arrival ; 

 and that it was well known to every body about Queen 

 Charlotte's Sound and Teerawitte. He faid, that the Captain 

 of her, during his ftay here, cohabited with a woman of 

 the country; and that fhe had a fon by him ftill living, and 

 about the age of Kokoa ; who, though not born then, feemed 

 to be equally well acquainted with the ftory. We were alfo 

 informed by Taweiharooa, that this fhip firft introduced the 

 venereal difeafe amongft the New Zealanders. I wi.di that 

 fubfcquent vifiters from Europe may not have their fliare 

 of guilt, in leaving fo dreadful a remembrance of them 

 amongft this unhappy race. The diforder nov^ is but 

 too common here ; though they do not feem to regard 

 it ; faying, that its effects are not near fo pernicious at pre- 

 fent, as they were at its firft appearance. The only method, 

 as far as I ever heard, that they make ufc of as a remedy, 

 is by giving the patient the ufe of a fort of hot bath, which 

 they produce by the fteam of certain green plants laid over 

 hot ftones. 



I regretted 



