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board. As I had every reason to be satisfied with 

 their kindness in general, so I cannot too often, nor 

 too particularly, mention the unbounded and constant 

 friendship of their priests. 



On my part, I spared no endeavours to conciliate 

 their affections, and gain their esteem; and I had the 

 good fortune to succeed so far, that, when the time 

 of our departure was made known, I was strongly 

 solicited to remain behind, not without offers of the 

 most flattering kind. When I excused myself, by 

 saying that Captain Cook would not give his con- 

 sent, they proposed, that I should retire into the 

 mountains; where, they said, they would conceal me, 

 till after the departure of the ships; and, on my far- 

 ther assuring them, that the Captain would not leave 

 the bay without me, Terreeoboo and Kaoo waited 

 upon Captain Cook, whose son they supposed I was, 

 with a formal request, that I might be left behind. 

 The Captain, to avoid giving a positive refusal to an 

 offer so kindly intended, told them, that he could 

 not part with me at that time, but that he should re- 

 turn to the island next year, and would then en- 

 deavour to settle the matter to their satisfaction. 



Early in the morning of the 4th, we unmoored, 

 and sailed out of the bay, with the Discovery in com- 

 pany, and were followed by a great number of canoes. 

 Captain Cook's design was to finish the survey of 

 Owhyhee, before he visited the other islands, in hopes 

 of meeting with a road better sheltered than the bay 

 we had just left; and in case of not succeeding here, 

 he purposed to take a view of the south-east part of 

 Mo wee, where the natives informed us we should 

 find an excellent harbour. 



We had calm weather all this and the followingr 

 day, which made our progress to the northward very 

 slow. We were accompanied by a great number of 

 the natives in their canoes; and Terreeoboo gave a 

 fresh proof of his friendship to Captain Cook, by 

 a large present of hogs and vegetables, that was sent 

 after him. 



