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great earnestness, if Terreeoboo was to be hurt ? I 

 assured him, he was not ; and both he and the rest 

 of his brethren seemed much satisfied with this as- 

 surance. 



In the mean time, Captain Cook having called 

 off the launch, which was stationed at the north 

 point of the bay, and taken it along with him, pro- 

 ceeded to Kowrowa, and landed with the lieutenant 

 and nine marines. He immediately marched into 

 the village, where he was received with the usual 

 marks of respect; the people prostrating themselves 

 before him, and bringing their accustomed offerings 

 of small hogs. Finding that there was no suspicion 

 of his design, his next step was to inquire for Ter- 

 reeoboo and the two boys, his sons, who had been 

 his constant guests on board the Resolution. In a 

 short time, the boys returned along with the natives, 

 who had been sent in search of them, and imme- 

 diately led Captain Cook to the house where the king 

 had slept. They found the old man just awoke from 

 sleep ; and after a short conversation about the loss 

 of the cutter, from which Captain Cook was con- 

 vinced that he was in no wise privy to it, he invited 

 him to return in the boat, and spend the day on 

 board the Resolution. To this proposal the king 

 readily consented, and immediately got up to accom- 

 pany him. 



Things were in this prosperous train, the two boys 

 being already in the pinnace, and the rest of the 

 party having advanced near the water-side, when an 

 elderly woman called Kaneekabareea, the mother of 

 the boys, and one of the king's favourite wives, came 

 after him, and with many tears and entreaties, be- 

 sought him not to go on board. At the same time, 

 two chiefs who came along with her, laid hold of 

 him, and insisting that he should go no farther, 

 forced him to sit down. The natives, who were col- 

 lecting in prodigious numbers along the shore, and 

 had probably been alarmed by the firing of the great 



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